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If you live in Fulton County and have put off getting help because the nearest methadone clinic meant an hour in the car, that math has changed.
Addiction treatment in Gloversville, New York now includes a comprehensive outpatient program paid for with $760,000 in opioid settlement money, with another $100,000 a year in state aid to keep the doors open.
That funding structure matters if cost is what has been stopping you. This is not a private-pay clinic that opened on investor money. It is a program the state paid to build and continues to pay to operate.
What the Settlement Money Paid For
The New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports, known as OASAS, announced the opening of the program in July 2026. Helio Health, a Syracuse-based provider, runs it.
The program offers all three types of medication for addiction treatment, or MAT, which means medications approved by the FDA to treat opioid and alcohol use disorders alongside counseling. Methadone is included, as are counseling, education, and referrals into other health care.
OASAS contributed the $760,000 through the New York State Opioid Settlement Fund. The additional $100,000 in annual state aid covers ongoing operation.
Why One Location Matters for Rural Patients
The point of a Comprehensive Outpatient Program is to stop sending people to three different buildings. Medication treatment, including methadone, sits at the same address as counseling and the referral help that connects people to primary care.
OASAS Commissioner Dr. Chinazo Cunningham has tied the model to bringing services closer to where people actually live, noting that access to methadone in rural communities has been limited for decades.
Methadone is the piece that usually forces the drive. It is dispensed under federal rules that often require frequent in-person visits, so a clinic an hour away can quietly end someone’s treatment.
How Far New York Has Taken This Program
OASAS has put more than $17.8 million into developing 43 of these comprehensive programs statewide, including more than $14.3 million drawn from the opioid settlement fund. Those programs served more than 29,000 people in 2025.
New York has made more than $454 million available through its opioid settlement fund, which the state says is more than any other state has released.
New York expects more than $3 billion total from settlement agreements with opioid manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies secured by Attorney General Letitia James.
Who Can Use the Gloversville Program
Local reporting by The Daily Gazette places the clinic at 73 North Main Street and confirms it provides methadone along with services for alcohol and other substance use disorders.
The need is documented. Fulton County recorded 81 fatal drug overdoses between 2020 and 2024, a rate of 30.8 per 100,000 residents, the second-highest in the greater Capital Region over that period according to OASAS data cited by the paper.
The OASAS announcement does not spell out income limits, insurance requirements, or sliding-scale terms. If you are uninsured or underinsured, ask about that directly when you call, and ask whether the program takes Medicaid.
How to Access These Resources
New York runs a 24-hour HOPEline at 1-877-846-7369, which also accepts texts to 467369. OASAS publishes a searchable provider directory covering crisis and detox, inpatient, residential, and outpatient care across the state.
Nationally, the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-4357 is free, confidential, and staffed around the clock. If you are in immediate crisis, 988 reaches the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
When you call any program, three questions get you the fastest answer: what do you charge someone with my coverage, do you have an opening this week, and do you prescribe medication on site.
Finding Free and Low-Cost Rehabs in New York
Publicly funded programs like this one exist in most states, and they are often invisible in search results dominated by private facilities.
Rehabs.org lists free and low-cost treatment options across New York and nationwide, filtered by what you can actually pay. Call
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