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<p><strong>ABOUT SAMARITAN DAYTOP VILLAGE - VAN WYCK RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM</strong></p> <p>Samaritan Daytop Village is a nonprofit organization that runs 50+ facilities in New York City and beyond, providing addiction treatment and recovery services to men, women, and families, and specialized programs for the elderly, homeless, and veterans. The Van Wyck Residential Treatment Program (VWRTP) offers <strong>residential substance abuse treatment to adult men and women.</strong> The VWRTP is among the <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/NY17.pdf" target="_blank">70.8 percent</a> of New York State-based rehabs that operate as private nonprofits.</p> <p>Detox services are not available at this location, but are offered at the facility in Richmond Hill, Queens. The VWRTP is also home to Samaritan Daytop Village’s main admissions office. </p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The length of stay varies according to the individual client's needs. Samaritan Daytop Village’s substance misuse programs are holistic and highly structured, employing <strong>evidence-based treatment practices</strong> and following <strong>a therapeutic community model.</strong> <a href="https://samaritanvillage.org/about-good/careers/391-team-leader" target="_blank">Job descriptions</a> for therapists indicate that programs use <strong>trauma-informed care, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT),</strong> motivational interviewing (MI), and harm reduction, among other methods.</p> <p>Services include <strong>one-on-one counseling</strong>, group therapy, addiction education, and primary health care. VWRTP also provides <strong>mental health care</strong>, vocational training and employment services, and housing assistance (provided at <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/NY17.pdf" target="_blank">64.3, 52.3, and 61.3 percent</a> of New York State-based facilities, respectively). Some facilities in the Samaritan Daytop Village network also provide <strong>medication-assisted treatment (MAT)</strong> for individuals struggling with opioid addiction, but it's unclear whether VWRTP is among them.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>There's currently no information on the facility's website about the credentials of staff at VWRTP in particular, but the single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date on the staff's level of training and experience gave it four out of five stars.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Set along the Van Wyck Expressway, the facility houses clients in <strong>modest, dorm-style bedrooms</strong> with closets and dressers. The single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date on VWRTP's cleanliness and exercise and leisure offerings gave the center three stars and four stars, respectively, in these categories.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>"I love Samariran Village, for they taught me so much about my addiction and the reasons why I was using. Today I am drug-free, not putting poison in me no more," Annamaria wrote, in the single review submitted to Rehabs.com by an alum to date. Annamaria gave the facility five out of five stars for its treatment effectiveness. </p> <p>VWRTP has <strong>mixed feedback on secondary sites</strong>, with a 3.1 out of five-star average rating based on nine reviews on Google, and a single one-star rating on YellowPages.com.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> The negative reviewers repeatedly cited <strong>administrative problems</strong>, such as trouble getting hold of staff, as well as <strong>bad food.</strong> There's also an isolated complaint about inadequate treatment programming. </p> <p>However, positive reviewers repeatedly <strong>thanked the center for turning their lives around,</strong> and more than one stressed that though the program was tough and the center less than luxurious, it worked for them. "They helped me out to change my life... At the beginning it was hard, it's not supposed to fun or hanging with friends. Samaritan Village isn't a summer camp," Eric wrote in a representative comment on Google.</p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>"I find that this particular place had brought my son back from a very long and hard journey," was the appraisal of the single loved one polled by Rehabs.com to date. Writing anonymously, the parent praised the center's individual counseling, and gave VWRTP four stars for its family participation, counseling options, and ability to treat co-occurring disorders, and three stars for its holistic offerings. However, they echoed some alumni by criticizing the center's food.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Samaritan Daytop Village <strong>rarely accepts private insurance</strong>. Instead, staff help clients to access public assistance, and those who are ineligible for public assistance are required to pay out-of-pocket, paying the same amount as clients on public assistance. <strong>Services are paid for by a mix of government funding and third-party payments.</strong> The single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date on the center's affordability gave it four out of five stars.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=samaritan%20village%20jamaica%20ny&oq=Samaritan+Village+jamaica&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j69i60j0l3.1524j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=40705188,-73814970,493&tbm=lcl&rldimm=14844381054642703739&ved=2ahUKEwi379anjbLfAhUD-J8KHWj6D8kQvS4wAXoECAAQHA&rldoc=1&tbs=lrf:!2m1!1e2!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2#lrd=0x89c260c62c9d0f05:0xce01d5eb98844d7b,1,,,&rlfi=hd:;si:14844381054642703739;mv:!1m2!1d40.7089461!2d-73.8106679!2m2!1d40.7014314!2d-73.8192731;tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e2!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2" target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.yellowpages.com/jamaica-ny/mip/samaritan-village-11932794?lid=11932794" target="_blank">https://www.yellowpages.com/jamaica-ny/mip/samaritan-village-11932794?lid=11932794</a></small></p>
— Ellie Robins · 2018-12-31 10:16:27 PST
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