Agassiz Associates

Agassiz Associates, based in Grand Forks, ND, is one of the SAMHSA-registered treatment programs operating in ND. The facility's programming is outpatient (IOP, MAT), not residential. What this page can help with is the frame — what to ask, what to verify, what to compare against.

Care levels at Agassiz Associates

The care-level question matters because what a facility offers is what it can realistically treat well. Agassiz Associates is an outpatient-focused program (IOP, MAT) — patients live at home or in sober living and attend treatment sessions. This level of care is clinically appropriate for mild-to-moderate substance use disorder, or for patients stepping down from residential. Before admission, an independent clinical assessment (from a primary-care doctor, licensed substance-use counselor, or addiction-medicine physician) can confirm whether Agassiz Associates's offerings match the clinical need.

Insurance and payment

Agassiz Associates accepts both Medicaid and commercial insurance, which is the broadest payer profile and typically correlates with programs that operate at scale across the economic spectrum. The single most useful pre-admission move on insurance is requesting the facility send you — in writing, by email — the specific benefits verification for your specific plan product. That document is the answer to most post-admission billing disputes.

Specialty programming

The facility's documented specialty programming includes: Adolescents, Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients, Clients who have experienced trauma. If that matches what you or your family member need, great — and worth asking specifically about what the programming looks like day-to-day (how many hours per week of specialty-specific content, who leads it, what credentials they hold).

Before you call

The three questions that consistently separate programs worth considering from programs worth skipping: ASAM level of care match; written VOB for your plan; MAT policy. The facility's documented pharmacotherapy offerings suggest MAT is available — confirm the specific medications and prescriber access during the admissions conversation. Programs that cannot answer all three quickly are programs worth approaching with caution.