Healthcare Resource Centers

About Healthcare Resource Centers

Health Care Resource Centers (HCRC) in Portland, Maine, is an outpatient opioid treatment program within a network of clinics across New England. They serve adults with opioid use disorder, including dependence on heroin, fentanyl, and prescription pain medications, by pairing medication-assisted treatment with counseling. Their approach aims to address the emotional, mental, and spiritual toll of addiction alongside physical dependence, with trauma-informed care and harm reduction built into treatment. All HCRC clinics are federally certified, state licensed, and CARF-accredited.

Care begins with a private assessment and moves through induction, stabilization, and maintenance phases, with a gradual, provider-guided taper available once someone has made meaningful progress. Methadone is given as a supervised liquid dose, usually daily at first, and patients may qualify for take-home doses as they stabilize, which helps people keep up with work, school, and family. Individual, group, and family counseling draw on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, contingency management, moral reconation therapy, and peer recovery support. Case managers help with housing, transportation, benefits, employment, and healthcare referrals, and with a patient’s permission they can verify treatment for probation, parole, or family court, while harm reduction education covers naloxone, safer use practices, and safe sex.