COMPA is pleased to welcome you to our newly redesigned website.  We hope that it will be a place where you can learn more about the treatment of addiction and where we can come together to advocate for the best interests of our patients.

 At COMPA we are dedicated to improving the quality and availability of treatment for our fellow New Yorkers struggling with addiction to opiates and other drugs.  Our members are treatment programs, service and advocacy agencies, and corporations, all of whom have come together to support our collective goal of providing the best treatment available to combat the multi-faceted problem of substance dependence.  COMPA embraces and promotes the latest evidenced-based practice incorporating medication-assisted treatment as part of a comprehensive approach to the treatment of addiction.  Our goal is to meet each patient on his or her terms, and to help each patient towards their own treatment and recovery goals.  It is estimated that as many as 80% of the opiate addicted individuals in New York State receive no treatment whatsoever for their addiction. In some parts of our state this is the result of a lack of treatment availability.  However, some patients avoid treatment even when it is available because the treatment is too rigid and too unwelcoming to meet their individual needs.  COMPA is determined to work with our State and Federal government partners to reform both the regulatory and fiscal environment so that we can make treatment more individualized, welcoming, and valuable to our current patients and to the thousands of New Yorkers who remain addicted and untreated.

I can’t imagine a more rewarding and worthwhile pursuit than helping our fellow citizens to overcome the slavery of addiction, and to move towards a functional and productive life.  That is what we at COMPA try to do each and every day.  We welcome your ideas, your hard work, and your support to help us in this effort.

Henry M. Bartlett

Executive Director

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COMPA encourages persons interested in knowing more about our history, mission, and programs to contact us at:
911 Central Avenue, #322
Albany, NY  12206
 
518-326-6043

For information please email compahb@hotmail.com

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