Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Starke, FL
This page lists the drug and alcohol treatment providers in and around Starke, Florida, including those serving Middleburg, Macclenny and Gainesville. Scroll down to compare what each one offers, from assessment through to aftercare, and how to get in touch.
Records for Starke 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.
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Starke, Florida
Starke is the seat of Bradford County in north Florida, with around 5,500 residents.
Florida State Prison and Union Correctional Institution both lie nearby, and the state’s execution chamber is at Florida State Prison.
Corrections is by some way the largest employer in the county.
The CDC does not publish separate counts for counties with populations this small, so state-level data is what there is to work from.
Florida has not expanded Medicaid, and adults without dependent children generally do not qualify at any income. A parent qualifies only up to 28 percent of the federal poverty level, which for a family of three means an income under roughly $7,500 a year.
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.
Seven Managing Entities divide Florida between them for publicly funded behavioral health, and Lutheran Services Florida Health Systems holds Bradford County.
Neighboring Middleburg, Macclenny and Gainesville carry their own listings, with the wider picture across Florida.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below cover providers listed in Starke and the surrounding parts of Bradford County. Gainesville is around forty minutes southwest and Jacksonville an hour northeast. Find out whether the program accepts people already taking prescribed medication, since some still do not and it is better to know first.
Medically Supervised Detox
Detox covers the withdrawal period under medical supervision, ordinarily three to seven days. UF Health Starke serves the town. Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal carry their highest risk in the first seventy-two hours, which is the argument against attempting it alone.
Inpatient Residential Treatment
Residential programs run as live-in placements, typically over thirty, sixty or ninety days. Bradford County holds very limited residential capacity, and placement toward Gainesville or Jacksonville is common.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
Licensing sits with DCF, and a proper assessment produces a specific tier rather than defaulting to whatever a provider offers. Outside the metros, distance is the practical obstacle. Providers covering rural Florida are used to people driving considerable distances and can often restructure a schedule around it.
Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Where both are present, dual diagnosis provision addresses the substance use and the mental health condition in parallel. Lutheran Services Florida Health Systems is the Managing Entity covering Bradford and twenty-two other counties.
Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living
Sober living means shared substance-free housing for the months after treatment. Sober homes here may hold Florida Association of Recovery Residences certification, awarded against national standards, but the scheme is voluntary so ask each house directly. Recovery housing here does not exist in quantity, and options mean relocating toward Gainesville.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Starke
Bradford County household incomes sit well below the state median, with corrections dominant locally. Listings in Starke itself are limited, so the practical search usually extends into the surrounding county and beyond. Bradford County is small enough that annual overdose counts are not published separately, so the state picture is the better guide.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
Costs across Florida sit at about $1,500 to $5,000 a week for detox, $6,200 to $26,000 a month for residential, $7,200 to $14,000 for partial hospitalization, $2,700 to $9,200 for intensive outpatient and $1,300 to $5,200 for standard outpatient.
The concentration of correctional facilities here means a substantial population passing through, and release planning matters more in this county than most. Anyone leaving custody should ask about referral before release, since the weeks afterward carry the highest overdose risk of any period.
| 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 present in corrections and healthcare. 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. Release without arranged treatment is the highest-risk transition in addiction, and planning it in advance changes the odds materially.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Starke
Florida has not expanded Medicaid, and adults without dependent children generally do not qualify at any income. A parent qualifies only up to 28 percent of the federal poverty level, which for a family of three means an income under roughly $7,500 a year. 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. Getting there week after week is the real question in a county like this, and most programs have arrangements they do not advertise.
Seven Managing Entities divide Florida between them for publicly funded behavioral health, and Lutheran Services Florida Health Systems holds Bradford County. 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. It is worth writing down what you are told on each call, because the details blur quickly when several programs describe similar things in different words.
That position is expected to deteriorate. Federal changes to Marketplace subsidies are projected to take Florida’s uninsured rate from 10.7 percent in 2023 to about 16.7 percent from 2026, with around 1.5 million people losing cover. Medicaid expansion is the subject of a Florida ballot initiative for 2026. The outcome will determine whether the coverage gap described here narrows or persists, which matters for several hundred thousand adults.
Between January and June 2025 opioid-caused deaths in Florida fell 42 percent and fentanyl deaths 46 percent compared with the same months a year earlier, according to state medical examiner data. The cause is argued over. The state credits policing, while people working in harm reduction describe changes in how fentanyl is used alongside far broader naloxone availability. Naloxone is now distributed through all 67 county health departments, and fentanyl test strips are legal in Florida, which was not the case a few years ago.
More Help and Recovery Support
UF Health Starke serves the town, with Level I trauma care at UF Health Shands in Gainesville.
Middleburg, Macclenny and Gainesville carry further listings, with more 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, Starke and Starke, August 2026, and market rate research, Florida, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.