Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, in Centre county, is 98 miles NW of Lancaster, Pennsylvania (center to center) and 120 miles E of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Part of the surrounding State College metro area, the town is not an isolated town. Bellefonte is home to some 6,395 residents.

The People and Families of Bellefonte

In Bellefonte, about 48% of adults are married. People in Bellefonte have space to make their own lives; many people there enjoy living in their own houses or apartments. The town somehow seems full of possibilities, with its large single population.

There are more females than males in Bellefonte than is typical.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Bellefonte had a median family income of $42,378. Impressively, having a college education is normal in Bellefonte.

Political Inclinations

George W. Bush was the top money-getter ($1,350) among 2004 Presidential candidates in Bellefonte. The Republican party stood out in its ability to raise compaign money in the town.

Bellefonte Housing

According to the 2000 census, 49% of the housing in Bellefonte was owner-occupied. You may be likely to find historic buildings in the town as the average housing age is high. Can't find a roommate? That's OK in Bellefonte, where renting little apartments isn't uncommon.

Commuting

In Bellefonte, 87% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Bellefonte6,395$42,378
Lewistown8,998$30,606
Lock Haven9,149$28,619
Philipsburg3,056$36,667
State College38,420$54,949

High Points

Bellefonte strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Pennsylvania):

CategoryTrophy
College Educated Adults
(vs. State)
Top 17%Bellefonte College Educated Adults


The listings in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(4) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(16) Outpatient
(8) Teens and Adolescents
(10) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(7) Females
(8) Males
(11) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(9) Clients With Legal Issues
(3) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(3) Gay and Lesbian
(2) Seniors/Older Adults
(3) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(7) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(3) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(2) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(3) American Sign Language
(2) Methadone Maintenance
(1) Methadone Detoxification
(2) Halfway House
(1) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment



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If you or someone that you care about live in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and are seeking help for any type of a drug or alcohol addiction, no matter how long the duration, we will help you to find a quality Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program. We understand what you are going through and we will support you through every step in the process of locating a treatment center that has a proven track record, so that you or your loved one can have the best possible chance of finally being free from you drug or alcohol abuse problem.

The best solution that is available for a drug or alcohol abuse problem is to find an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center that is located in or around Bellefonte. The most important goal of any Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program in Bellefonte, PA. should be to help the individual that is in treatment to get to the place where they can steadily maintain a sober lifestyle, which will allow them to avoid the negative consequences that are so often directly related to a drug or alcohol addiction.

There are so many different types of drug and alcohol treatment that is available to individuals that live in Bellefonte, that it can be confusing. These treatment options in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania may include Inpatient Addiction Treatment, Long-term Drug Rehabilitation Centers, Outpatient Drug Treatment Facilities, Short-term Drug Treatment Programs, sober living, halfway houses, support group meetings and individual or group drug counseling. We are here to help individuals from Bellefonte to make sense of all of these different drug or alcohol rehabilitation treatment options.

An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center in Bellefonte, PA. should focus on the physical and the psychological elements of the drug or alcohol abuse problem. The physical side of the drug or alcohol addiction is treated during the detox portion of the Bellefonte, Pennsylvania treatment program; a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility will be able to support the individual during the detoxification process by helping to alleviate some of painful withdrawal symptoms.

Withdrawal symptoms occur because the brain has adapted to presence of the substance; after a period of time, an addict will have to use more of the drug in order to produce the same effects. It is at this point, that the individual from Bellefonte, PA. has developed a tolerance to the drugs that they are using such as pain pills, tranquilizers, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol, just to name a few. Withdrawal symptoms that are associated with illicit drugs such as heroin can often produce symptoms that are severe and prolonged. When an individual from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania attempts to abruptly discontinue a drug that their body has consistently been provided, serious withdrawal symptoms may occur; it may take a couple of weeks or even several months in some instances for the body to finally be able to return to normal functioning.

A quality Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania will also address the psychological issues related to the addiction. The Bellefonte, PA. Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility may use treatment techniques such as counseling and relapse prevention education. The combination of these elements of treatment can help the individual from Bellefonte to get to the root of the drug or alcohol addiction; this provide them with the best chance of being able to get sober and to remain that way.

The best way for an individual from Bellefonte, PA. to overcome a drug or alcohol addiction, is to locate an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center that consistently maintains a high rate of long term success. A quality Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Bellefonte will offer a comprehensive treatment program that can aid the individual in all of the various aspects of their life.

In order for an individual from Bellefonte to have the best opportunity to recover from their drug or alcohol addiction, they need to be open to learning new skills. They will need to put these skills to use daily, as they return home to Bellefonte where they will eventually come into contact with some of the familiar triggers that were connected to their drug using days. An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility in Bellefonte, PA. will teach the recovering addict how to respond to these stress producing triggers without using drugs or alcohol. Very few people in Bellefonte can overcome a drug or alcohol addiction without the assistance of professional help. Because of the different ways that these substances affect the functions of the brain, an individual from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania is at a huge disadvantage in trying to stop using drugs or alcohol without rehabilitation assistance. The reason that so many individuals from Bellefonte choose to go to a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center to overcome their drug or alcohol addiction, is because they have failed over and over again when they tried to quit using on their own. They are often tired of dealing with all of the problems that are associated with their drug or alcohol addiction, including feeling alienated from their loved ones in Bellefonte.

Getting Help

Getting help is easy, just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) in order to speak to a registered addiction specialist or simply fill out the Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center request form and a counselor will contact you shortly. This call could be the first step on your journey to finally becoming free of your drug or alcohol addiction. Don't wait, call right now.

There are 3 local Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facilities in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. We have also provided 17 additional Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Centers that are closest geographically to Bellefonte:

Clear Concepts Bellefonte, PA
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Clear Concepts Counseling Bellefonte, PA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Quest Services Inc Bellefonte, PA
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Counseling Alternatives Group State College, PA 6.6 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Centre Counseling Associates State College, PA 11.3 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Saint Joseph Institute Inc Port Matilda, PA 18.0 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Clear Concepts Lewistown, PA 26.1 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Clear Concepts Counseling Lewistown, PA 26.3 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Mainstream Counseling Huntingdon, PA 30.8 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Moore Counseling Services Tyrone, PA 31.2 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
White Deer Run Allenwood, PA 35.4 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Gay and Lesbian, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Clearfield Jefferson Clearfield, PA 36.1 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Cove Forge Behavorial Health System Williamsburg, PA 40.3 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Altoona Regional Mental Health and Altoona, PA 41.8 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Dolminis Altoona, PA 41.8 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Pyramid Healthcare Inc Altoona, PA 41.8 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Michael R Gildea PC Lewisburg, PA 42.5 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Home Nursing Agency Community Services Altoona, PA 43.4 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
White Deer Run of Altoona Altoona, PA 43.4 miles from Bellefonte
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Heroin users who inject the drug expose themselves to additional risks, including contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and C, and other blood-borne viruses. Chronic users who inject heroin also risk scarred or collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and liver and kidney disease.

Quality drug rehab addiction treatment should include behavioral therapy such as counseling, cognitive therapy, or any combination thereof.

Opiate users often have little idea of the long-term consequences that accompany opiate abuse, including damaged immune systems, greater risk for infectious diseases and negative effects on brain function.

Physical dependence occurs when the body has adapted to the presence amphetamines, and withdrawal symptoms occur if its use is stopped abruptly.

Among the 3.1 million persons aged 12 or older who received treatment for alcohol or illegal drugs in the past year, 1.6 million received treatment at a self-help group. There were 1.2 million people who received treatment at a rehabilitation facility as an outpatient, 869,000 who received treatment at a rehabilitation facility as an inpatient, 727,000 at a mental health center as an outpatient, 709,000 as a hospital inpatient, 437,000 at a private doctor's office, 384,000 at an emergency room, and 176,000 at a prison or jail. (Note that the estimates of treatment by location include persons reporting more than one location.)

With high doses of Methadone, the feeling of sedation generally makes users feel sleepy. If someone takes too much of the drug, they can fall into a coma or stop breathing completely.


The following survey was completed by residents of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
76%
15%
9%
Marijuana use in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
75%
25%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
86%
14%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
13%
83%
4%
Perception of Alcohol in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
16%
2%
82%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
81%
19%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
83%
9%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
4%
9%
60%
27%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
8%
1%
3%
9%
1%
1%
56%
10%
2%
9%
Most common first drug experience in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
6%
3%
5%
3%
5%
12%
5%
12%
6%
14%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
11%
87%
2%
Have you ever gone to school in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
80%
19%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
2%
3%
5%
3%
4%
11%
4%
8%
9%
21%
9%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
15%
54%
22%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
22%
78%
Surveys updated monthly.

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