Here is a full list of ALL resources available on the Outer Cape as of July 1, 2025.
For programs that are funded by the towns’ Opioid Remediation Funds in FY2026, click here.
PROGRAMS
see flyer for program overview of all *ORF funded programs
*Acudetox & Meditation –
Helping Our Women (HOW) is offering a FREE, evidence-based, outer ear acupuncture treatment called Acudetox, known to reduce anxiety, stress, depression, PTSD, and support recovery from substance use. It provides a calming effect and promotes mental wellness in a supportive group setting. Offered by licensed practitioner Heather Louks, this treatment will leave you at ease and relaxed! This service is weekly, year-round, and available at HOW’s Ann Maguire Women’s Wellness Center in Eastham in a community, group format. HOW offers free transportation to this program for their clients. Learn more about HOW. Acudetox & Meditation flyer.
Acudetox & Meditation Monthly Schedule:
Every Wednesday
Week 1: 1:00–2:00 PM
Week 2: 10:00–11:00 AM
Week 3: 4:00–5:00 PM
Week 4: 5:00–6:00 PM
Week 5 (if applicable): 10:00–11:00 AM
*Grief Groups –
Sharing Kindness provides three FREE bereavement support groups for community members grieving an OUD–related death. Their Community–based family peer grief group is an 8–week, in–person, clinician–led, curriculum–based program available to Outer Cape residents. Multiple clinicians and trained co–facilitators will allow break–out rooms for parents/caregivers and children/youth based on age. Childcare is available for families with children ages 0 to 5 years. This 90-minute weekly group accommodates families with people of all ages with age appropriate activities. Their Virtual family peer grief program is virtual offering for families impacted by an OUD–related death loss. The goals of this virtual program are to encourage conversation at home about the person who died and for children and caregivers to understand that family members process grief differently. Using expressive arts gives the big emotions experienced in grief a voice, often where words fail. Their School–based grief support groups are 8-week, in-school programs serving 8-12 elementary and middle students impacted by death loss due to OUD. Learn more about Sharing Kindness.
*Second Act, WHAT –
The Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre is offering two six-week sessions where participants will share their recovery journeys in a group setting while working with professional theater artists to develop their voices as storytellers and devise original work drawn from lived experience. Combining motivational interviewing, theater games, improvisation exercises, and guided discussion on recovery, participants will explore new ways to express themselves, develop confidence as storytellers, and take pride in their recovery journeys. Session 1 starts Tuesday, September 16, 2025 and runs weekly on Tuesdays from 4-6pm until Nov 18, 2025. Session 2 starts Tuesday, January 6, 2026 and runs weekly on Tuesdays from 4-6pm until February 10, 2026. Learn more about WHAT. Learn more about Second Act.
*OC Sweat –
Trauma-informed Fitness Instructor Drew Lussier offers FREE, supportive group fitness sessions and workshops throughout the four Outer Cape towns. Designed for individuals impacted by substance use disorder, OC Sweat integrates fitness training, physical health education, and nutrition practices to promote physical and mental well-being. Group fitness sessions focus on foundational movements, cardio, and stress relief techniques, and workshops cover topics such as fitness and nutrition fundamentals, self-care, and mental resilience. This is a welcoming and non-judgmental space where participants can build strength, increase mobility, and foster community connections.
*Chronic Pain Group –
Registered Nurse, Leah Puffer offers a FREE, 8-week Chronic Pain Group using Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). PRT is an evidenced based therapy for chronic pain that focuses on education, balancing the nervous system, and somatic exercises. The group will meet once weekly in person (virtual if needed) for 8 weeks. Each session will include education, discussion, and practice. Weekly topics include: pain science, neuroplastic pain, somatic tracking, processing, danger signals, preoccupation & negative behavior patterns, self-compassion and relapse prevention. This group starts Monday September 15th, 2025 at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center and meets weekly on Mondays from 5:30-6:30pm for 8 weeks.
*Outer Cape Health Services –
More information on all OCHS Recovery programs here
*Structured Outpatient Addiction Program (SOAP): SOAP is an intensive outpatient program that offers focused counseling on a wide range of recovery and relapse prevention topics. SOAP patients receive group counseling 3 days a week, as well as weekly individual sessions and ongoing case management. We also incorporate presentations from partner agencies in the community on services such as employment, benefits, housing, education, and legal advocacy. Patients generally engage in the SOAP program for 1-2 months. Graduates of the program report that they are better equipped to meet their recovery goals and are more aware of recovery resources.
SOAP Schedule – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am – 12:30pm
Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT): OBAT is a form of medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Our OBAT care involves the use of medications such as Suboxone and Vivitrol to eliminate the drug cravings and painful withdrawal symptoms that typically occur when an opioid-dependent or alcohol dependent individual stops using his or her substance of abuse. OBAT also includes a therapeutic behavioral health component, frequently in the form of group counseling, to help achieve and sustain long-term recovery.
Comprehensive Treatment Center: Wellfleet Mobile Unit –
Wellfleet Mobile Unit (CTC) offers outpatient treatment for adults age 18 and older of all genders who are struggling with opioid use disorder. The van, which is parked in Wellfleet, MA at the OCHS Pharmacy, provides medication-assisted treatment (MAT) – including Methadone, Suboxone, and Buprenorphine. Open 7 days a week, 6am – 9am at 2700 Route 6, Wellfleet. Call 877-749-4446 for more information. Accepting all insurances (private, Medicare, Medicaid) and self-pay. More information here.
AGENCIES –
*AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod (ASGCC) –
ASGCC offers FREE harm reduction, including education and support for people who use substances. Services include FREE overdose prevention and education, NARCAN training and distribution, fentanyl and xylazine testing strips, syringe services, safer use supplies, and referrals to medical, mental health, and recovery resources. ASGCC also provides FREE HIV/STI/HCV testing, PrEP/PEP/DoxyPEP navigation, and risk assessments.
Services are available at their Provincetown Drop-In Center (301 Commercial Street – 508-487-8311), their Mobile Unit (on the road since 2024), and their 96 Bradford Street location where they provide medical case management. View their full website.
*FIRST Steps Together: A program of Cape Cod Children’s Place –
FIRST (Families In Recovery SupporT) Steps Together is a home visiting program that is able to provide flexible, community based and virtual services. Individuals are matched with a family recovery support specialist who is a person in recovery with specialized training. They will walk beside the parent/caregiver on both their recovery and early parenting journey. All services are free and open to any parent or caregiver managing substance use with a child under 5-years old (exceptions can be made; custodial rights not required). More information here. View CCCP’s full website.
*Outer Cape Health Services –
OCHS’s mission is to provide a full range of healthcare and supportive social services that promote the health and well-being of all who live in or visit the ten outermost towns of Cape Cod. They offer two free and accessible community based programs to support those managing substance use.
Recovery Coaches: Recovery Coaching is a 1:1 peer-based service providing assistance to those seeking to support their own recovery from Substance Use Disorders. Recovery coaches are most often in recovery themselves and therefore offer the lived experience of active addiction and successful recovery. They focus on helping individuals to set and achieve goals important to recovery. By supporting multiple pathways of recovery, Recovery Coaches assist individuals to build recovery capital to help achieve overall wellness. All services are free and open to anyone from Provincetown to Yarmouth.
Community Resource Navigators: The OCHS Community Navigator program helps assist residents with unmet medical, behavioral health, or human service needs through collaboration with local agencies, providers, and community groups. The Navigator works closely with community agencies from referrals and service coordination to help clients in their community by building relationships and identifying support networks. All services are free and open to anyone from Provincetown to Yarmouth.
Fishing Partnership –
Fishing Partnership is a non-profit support services organization dedicated to improving the health, safety and economic security of commercial fishermen and their families. Founded in 1997, we bring critical support services and programs to more than 20,000 New England fishing families. Fishermen and fishing industry workers face rates of opioid overdose death that are five times higher than other Massachusetts workers because of the elevated rates of injury they suffer which leads to their use of pain medications. This places them at the center of the national opioid epidemic. With an office in Chatham, Fishing Partnership holds Narcan Training and also has three full-time navigators to support fishermen in accessing a variety of different services to maximize health and wellness. All services are free and open to anyone in the fishing community, including family members of fishermen. More information here
Cape Cod Intergroup –
Cape Cod Intergroup serves as a hub of information on 12-Step groups on the Cape. You can find a list of group meetings, including virtual and in-person meetings, here.
