Maryland Community Health Initiatives – Penn North Recovery Center – Baltimore, Maryland
2410 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, 21217
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Addiction Resource Score
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In this guide, we explain exactly how we rate treatment centers—from accreditation and staff credentials to therapy options, facility environment, and family involvement. You'll see how we assign scores, award badges, and update listings to ensure accuracy and fairness. Most importantly, our system focuses on elevating centers that prioritize ethical, evidence-based care, not just those with the best marketing. This way, you can trust that the ratings you see reflect meaningful standards that help you find the right fit for lasting recovery.
8.0
Out of 10
Since 1993, Maryland Community Health Initiatives, Inc. (Penn North) has been providing comprehensive mental health care and treatment for substance use disorders. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the facility is open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 8 pm, and welcomes walk-ins.
Penn North offers a variety of services, including substance abuse treatment and acudetox, a treatment where five small needles are placed in the ear while clients sit in a group setting for about 45 minutes, allowing them to meditate or relax. The facility also provides smoking cessation classes, nutrition education, art therapy, yoga, and meditation sessions.
In addition to these services, Maryland Community Health Initiatives, Inc. (Penn North) offers supportive housing for adults, catering to both men and women. The holistic approach at Penn North aims to address the multifaceted needs of clients, promoting overall well-being and recovery.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Employment counseling or training
- Self-help groups
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Recovery coach
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Complete medical history/physical exam
Treatment Modalities
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Group counseling
- 12-step facilitation
- Intervention Services
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
- Individual psychotherapy
- Family counseling
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Opioid Treatement
Levels Of Care
- Hospital inpatient treatment
- Outpatient
- Short-term residential
- Long-term residential
- Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Aftercare
- Halfway house
License and Accreditation
- State department of health
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Suicide prevention services
- Acupuncture
- Child care for client’s children
- Early intervention for HIV
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
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