Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Lake Worth, FL
This page lists the drug and alcohol treatment providers in and around Lake Worth, Florida, including those serving Bartow, Marathon and Umatilla. Scroll down to compare what each one offers, from assessment through to aftercare, and how to get in touch.
Records for Lake Worth are reviewed against the Florida Department of Children and Families, SAMHSA, The Joint Commission and CARF International. Florida has not expanded Medicaid, and that shapes which route into treatment is realistic.
11 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Centers in Lake Worth, FL
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Lake Worth, Florida
Lake Worth Beach sits on the Atlantic coast in Palm Beach County, with around 43,000 residents.
The city has a substantial Guatemalan and Haitian population, giving it a different character from the wealthier coastal towns nearby.
It sits within the dense South Florida treatment corridor running from Jupiter to Miami.
Provisional CDC figures show 241 drug overdose deaths in Palm Beach County over the twelve months to December 2025, down from 561 four years before, a drop of 57 percent.
Few counties in the United States recorded a drop of that size across the same four years.
Florida’s Medicaid rules leave adults without children ineligible regardless of income, with parents qualifying only under about 28 percent of the poverty line, roughly $7,500 annually for three people.
The gap that leaves holds roughly 800,000 people, earning above the Medicaid line and below the Marketplace subsidy threshold. Only Texas has a larger one.
The wider picture across Florida covers the rest of the state.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below cover providers listed in Lake Worth and the surrounding parts of Palm Beach County. West Palm Beach is immediately north.
Medically Supervised Detox
The detox phase covers withdrawal with medical oversight, typically lasting three to seven days. JFK Medical Center serves the area, with Level I trauma care at St. Mary’s in West Palm Beach. Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal is most dangerous in the opening seventy-two hours, which is why supervision matters.
Inpatient Residential Treatment
Residential treatment means living at a program for thirty, sixty or ninety days. This part of Palm Beach County holds a very high concentration of residential and sober home capacity.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
DCF licensing applies to substance use providers across Florida, and a proper assessment names the tier clinically indicated rather than the one available. Spanish and Creole provision matter here in a way they do not in the wealthier coastal towns, and it is worth asking about first.
Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Dual diagnosis care treats an addiction and a mental health condition together rather than in sequence. Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network is the Managing Entity for Palm Beach and four surrounding counties.
Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living
Sober living means shared substance-free housing for the months after treatment. Florida certifies recovery residences through the Florida Association of Recovery Residences, the state affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. Certification is voluntary, so ask directly. Recovery housing here is extensive and uneven, and the certification question matters more in this county than most.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Lake Worth
Lake Worth household incomes sit below the county median, with agriculture, construction and service work significant locally. Lake Worth carries one of the larger concentrations of listed providers in Florida, which makes genuine comparison possible rather than theoretical. Palm Beach County deaths have more than halved in four years, one of the sharper falls anywhere in the country, though the reasons behind it remain contested.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
The state ranges are $1,500 to $5,000 per week for medical detox, $6,200 to $26,000 per month residential, $7,200 to $14,000 partial hospitalization, $2,700 to $9,200 intensive outpatient and $1,300 to $5,200 outpatient.
Palm Beach County recorded a 57 percent fall in overdose deaths over four years, following sustained enforcement against unlicensed sober homes.
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Medical detox (7–14 days) | $1,500 – $4,900 per week | $220 – $700 |
| Residential inpatient | $6,000 – $25,000 | $200 – $830 |
| PHP | $7,000 – $13,500 | $230 – $450 |
| IOP | $2,500 – $9,000 | $80 – $300 |
| Outpatient | $1,200 – $5,000 | $40 – $170 |
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Residential inpatient | $17,000 – $50,000+ | $560 – $1,650+ |
| PHP | $14,000 – $32,000 | $470 – $1,070 |
| IOP | $9,000 – $24,000 | $300 – $800 |
| Outpatient | $5,000 – $15,000 | $170 – $500 |
Does Insurance Cover Rehab?
Yes. Addiction treatment sits among the essential health benefits most plans are required to include. What a plan actually pays varies with the employer, the network and the level of care, so two people with the same insurer can face very different bills. Employer plans are less common here than elsewhere in the county. Florida Medicaid runs through Statewide Medicaid Managed Care, and a large share of residents hold neither.
Coverage and approval are separate steps. Prior authorization is standard before detox and residential admission, and network status usually decides your share of the bill. Immigration status does not determine whether a licensed provider will treat someone, and treatment records are protected under 42 CFR Part 2.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Lake Worth
Florida’s Medicaid rules leave adults without children ineligible regardless of income, with parents qualifying only under about 28 percent of the poverty line, roughly $7,500 annually for three people. The gap that leaves holds roughly 800,000 people, earning above the Medicaid line and below the Marketplace subsidy threshold. Only Texas has a larger one. With more providers listed than most places of this size, comparison is genuinely possible. Ask two or three the same questions about waiting times, level of care and payment before deciding.
Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network is the Managing Entity for Palm Beach County, one of seven regional bodies through which the Department of Children and Families funds treatment for people without cover. Managing Entity resources are allocated region by region, so what exists here is not what exists elsewhere in Florida. A realistic date matters more than a place on a list.
Coverage is narrowing rather than widening. Projections following the 2025 federal budget put Florida’s uninsured rate rising to roughly 16.7 percent from 2026, up from 10.7 percent in 2023. A ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in Florida is set for the 2026 state ballot. If it passes, the eligibility position described above changes substantially for several hundred thousand people. If it does not, the coverage gap remains as it is.
Florida has recorded one of the steepest overdose declines in the country. The Medical Examiners Commission reported opioid-caused deaths down 42 percent and fentanyl-caused deaths down 46 percent in the first half of 2025 against the same period a year earlier. There is no agreement on the cause. Enforcement is the official explanation; drug supply changes, a move from injecting to smoking fentanyl, and expanded naloxone and test strip access are what harm reduction workers describe. Naloxone now reaches all 67 counties through the health department network, and fentanyl test strips are no longer treated as paraphernalia in Florida.
More Help and Recovery Support
JFK Medical Center serves the area, with Level I trauma care at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach.
Further listings appear across Florida.
Free and confidential, available now
Florida Statewide Crisis Line — dial 988, free and 24 hours a day 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
References and Citations
- Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health — the seven regional Managing Entities and the publicly funded behavioral health network.
- Florida Medical Examiners Commission — interim 2025 Drugs in Deceased Persons Report, published May 2026.
- Florida Policy Institute and KFF — Medicaid coverage gap, eligibility thresholds and projected uninsured rates following the 2025 federal budget legislation.
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics — VSRR provisional county-level drug overdose death counts, twelve months ending December 2021 and December 2025, data as of 5 July 2026.
- Rehab Seekers directory listings, Lake Worth and Lake Worth, August 2026, and market rate research, Florida, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.