Substance Use Treatment in Seattle, WA

Downtown Emergency Service Center

What Does Downtown Emergency Service Center Offer?

Downtown Emergency Service Center is a substance use treatment facility at 515 3rd Avenue, Seattle, Washington, offering outpatient treatment. It accepts Medicaid. Medication treatment: buprenorphine and naltrexone.

515 3rd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

Types of Care at Downtown Emergency Service Center

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicaid

Medication Treatment

  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Relapse prevention with naltrexone
  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
  • Disulfiram
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
  • Lofexidine
  • Clonidine

Who the Program Serves

  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors
  • Accepts: Female
  • Accepts: Male

Language Services

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Licensing and Accreditation

  • State department of health
  • Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

Treatment Approaches

  • Brief intervention
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Trauma-related counseling

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Self-help groups
  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Case management service
  • Early intervention for HIV
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Transportation assistance
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • TB screening

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to choose a rehab you can trust lists the questions to ask when you call, and addiction treatment in Washington lists the state's treatment agency.

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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