Akron Urban Minority
665 West Market Street, Akron, OH 44303
BF Empowerment Center LLC
Address: 526 South Main Street, Suite 107, Akron, OH 44311 · Map
Phone: (330) 368-2400
Website: bfempowerment.com
About BF Empowerment Center LLC
This outpatient center provides counseling for children from age five, as well as teens and adults, through individual, group, couples, and family sessions. The program offers targeted support for issues related to substance use, emotional blocks, and relationship difficulties. With steady coaching, clients work in a supportive setting to strengthen confidence, improve self-understanding, and move toward personal objectives.
The center also offers therapy, peer support groups, workshops, and professional training aimed at helping people sustain positive change over time. Case management is available to address barriers that may interfere with progress, and transportation can be arranged for non-emergency medical, recreational, and charter trips. Facilities include gender-neutral restrooms, and the environment is LGBTQ+ inclusive and respectful, including for transgender clients.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Partial hospitalization/day treatment
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment · Mental health treatment
- Facility type
- Community mental health center
- Treatment approaches
- Activity therapy · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Cognitive remediation therapy · Couples/family therapy · Dialectical behavior therapy · Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy · Group therapy · Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment · Individual psychotherapy · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy · Abnormal involuntary movement scale
- Education and counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Special programs
- Veterans · Active duty military · Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients · Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders · Clients who have experienced trauma · Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Ages accepted
- Children/Adolescents · Young Adults · Adults · Seniors
- Payment accepted
- Community Mental Health Block Grants · Community Service Block Grants · Medicaid · Private health insurance · State corrections or juvenile justice funds · Cash or self-payment · State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid · State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds · State welfare or child and family services funds · U.S. Department of VA funds
- Payment assistance
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Licensing and accreditation
- Mental Health Clinic or Mental Health Center
- Ownership
- Private for-profit organization
- Other services
- Assertive community treatment · Court-ordered outpatient treatment · Diet and exercise counseling · Family psychoeducation · Intensive case management · Psychosocial rehabilitation services · Supported employment · Therapeutic foster care · Case management service · Integrated primary care services · Suicide prevention services · Education services
Facility-provided information
- Care offered
- Outpatient
- Substances treated
- Alcohol · Drug Addiction
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Couples Counseling · Group Therapy
- Approaches
- Evidence-Based · Individual Treatment
- Who it serves
- Adolescents · Boys · Children · Couples · Girls · LGBTQ+ · Men · Men and Women · Women
- Languages
- English
Questions to ask BF Empowerment Center LLC
- Is my specific plan in network, and do you need prior authorization before admission?
- How many hours a week is the outpatient or IOP schedule, and are evening groups available?
- If I need medication for opioid or alcohol use disorder, do you prescribe it or refer out?
- Do you treat mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety at the same time?
- Is there a waitlist, and how soon can you do an assessment?
- What happens after the program ends: aftercare, alumni groups or step-down care?
Also confirm the facility is licensed by Ohio. If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
Paying for treatment at BF Empowerment Center LLC
BF Empowerment Center LLC reports accepting Medicaid, Private insurance, TRICARE / VA, Sliding scale, Self-pay. With Ohio Medicaid, treatment is usually covered at little or no cost, though some levels of care need prior authorization. Most private plans must cover substance use treatment on terms comparable to other medical care under federal parity law. A sliding fee scale is available, so bring proof of income.
Distance to specialized care from Akron
Measured from the population center of Summit County, using SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap:
- Nearest medical detox: Akron, about 1.3 miles
- Nearest methadone clinic (OTP): Akron, about less than a mile (21 within 25 miles)
- Nearest buprenorphine (Suboxone) provider: Akron, about 1.3 miles (43 within 25 miles)
See the Summit County treatment map, methadone clinics near Summit County and Suboxone doctors near Summit County.
Frequently asked questions
What services does BF Empowerment Center LLC offer?
BF Empowerment Center LLC reports these levels of care to SAMHSA: Outpatient, Partial hospitalization, Dual diagnosis. Call to confirm current services and openings.
Does BF Empowerment Center LLC accept insurance?
It reports accepting Medicaid, Private insurance, TRICARE / VA, Sliding scale, Self-pay. Ask whether your specific plan is in network before admission.
Where is BF Empowerment Center LLC located?
526 South Main Street, Akron, OH 44311.
How far is the nearest medical detox from Akron?
From the center of Summit County, the closest program offering medical detox is in Akron, about 1.3 miles away (straight-line), based on SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Facility details come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov locator and facility-provided information. Confirm services, availability and payment directly with the facility.