CASPAR, (Cambridge And Somerville Program for Addiction Recovery) is a community-based non-profit organization founded in 1970 in response to the growing need for substance use disorder treatment.
Services:
- First Step Street Outreach: brings lifesaving supports to unsheltered homeless adults who are impacted by behavioral health challenges, substance use, and medical complications associated with life on the streets.
- Call 617-592-6895 for more information.
- Emergency Services Center (ESC):24-hour shelter for adults, with no sobriety requirements for admission. The ESC uses a reserved bed system for 52 beds, and a lottery system for 8 emergency beds. The shelter is located at 240 Albany St., Cambridge.
- Call 617-661-0600 to learn more
- Residential Recovery Programs: provides gender specific recovery treatment in Cambridge and Somerville for adults 18+ who have completed detox (or are otherwise not at risk for withdrawal) and seeking to stabilize in early recovery.
- Call 617-623-5277 for CASPAR II
- Call 617-661-6020 for Women’s Place
- Enhanced Residential Recovery Program: provides enhanced residential recovery treatment for adults 18+ who are experiencing co-occurring substance use disorder and behavioral health challenges.
- Call 617-628-8188 for New Day
- Call for 617-623-5277 CASPAR I