Mayor Eric Adams cuts the ribbon to officially unveil the new Wellness Center, which represents the city’s first comprehensive integrated outpatient treatment program tailored specifically to opioid users impacted by the justice system.
Photos courtesy of the Center for Community Alternatives
Brooklyn’s Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) opened the doors of its pioneering Wellness Center in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday, marking a landmark moment in the city’s response to the opioid crisis.
The unveiling of the Wellness Center, located on Chapel Street, was heralded by nearly 150 attendees, including government officials, public health and community leaders, lawmakers, and advocates.
“As administrative judge for criminal matters in Kings County Supreme Court and presiding judge of the Brooklyn Mental Health Court, I am pleased to welcome the Center for Community Alternatives’ new Wellness Center to Brooklyn and look forward to working together to ensure successful criminal justice outcomes for those in our courts living with drug addiction and serious mental illness,” said Matthew D’Emic, Presiding Judge of the Brooklyn Domestic Violence Court and the Brooklyn Mental Health Court.
The CCA Wellness Center represents the city’s first comprehensive integrated outpatient treatment program tailored specifically to opioid users impacted by the justice system. The program builds on CCA’s decades-long commitment to providing treatment and harm-reduction services for active substance users within the community.
In addition to its focus on those affected by mass incarceration and community disinvestment, the CCA Wellness Center offers a range of comprehensive harm reduction services. These include medication-assisted and opioid treatments, mental health counseling, court…
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