Wellness Center

They are set up for 2 levels: outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Bronx, 1 offers a bed.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Bronx, under a mile away.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Bronx.

They treat older adults, along with young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64, which is a wider range than most places listed near Bronx cover.

They work in Spanish as well as English. Ask whether the group sessions in Bronx are in Spanish too, or only the one to one ones.

List price and what you actually pay are different numbers, and only the second one matters to you. Public and nonprofit programs often charge on a sliding scale, and some places are free to people who qualify on income. Ask what someone on your plan usually ends up paying, which is a different question from the list price.

There is normally a family component, and it is one of the better questions to put to two programs. Family sessions are normally held in evenings or at weekends, because the people expected at them are working. Ask what the household should have in place before the first weekend at home.

Medication assisted treatment means a prescribed medicine is part of the plan, alongside counseling rather than instead of it. Methadone is dispensed under rules of its own, often daily at first, which is a practical difference rather than a medical one. If a program rules medication out entirely, it is worth knowing that before you arrive.