MCCA – McDonough House and Detox – Danbury, Connecticut
38 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut, 06810
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
Addiction Resource Score
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8.5
Out of 10
The Midwestern Connecticut Council on Alcoholism, Inc. (MCCA) is a group in Danbury, Connecticut that helps people who are addicted by preventing, evaluating, and treating their problems.
The MCCA offers a range of programs, such as detox, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient services, partial hospitalization, and aftercare, to help people get better at every stage.
Cognitive behavioral therapy, anger management, and activity therapy are just some of the treatment methods that the center uses to meet the needs of its clients. One thing that makes MCCA stand out is its commitment to serving people from a wide range of socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Self-help groups
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Recovery coach
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Alcohol Detoxification
- Benzodiazepines Detoxification
- Cocaine Detoxification
- Methamphetamines detoxification
- Opioids detoxification
- Medication routinely used during detoxification
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Veterans
- Active duty military
- Members of military families
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- 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
Treatment Modalities
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- 12-step facilitation
- Intervention Services
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Relapse prevention
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
- Individual psychotherapy
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
- Outpatient
- Short-term residential
- Residential detoxification
- Outpatient detoxification
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Hospital inpatient treatment
- Aftercare
- Halfway house
License and Accreditation
- State mental health department
- State department of health
- SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Suicide prevention services
- Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
- Acupuncture
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
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