The Buttery runs residential and community-based programs. The major residential program is the Therapeutic Community. This is based around a three month or a seven-and-a-half month residential stay usually followed by a period of transition in a Buttery Transition House. As part of the Therapeutic Community on our Binna Burra campus, The Buttery also conducts the residential MTA (Maintenance to Abstinence) program for people taking legally prescribed opioid substances and who want to withdraw from them. The Buttery Private is a user-pays residential program conducted in an idyllic environment near Wolumbin (Mt Warning). It is an early intervention for people who are still functioning well enough but who could benefit from taking time out to address issues, including stress, anxiety, signs of depression, workplace burnout and substance misuse. As a social enterprise, surplus funds the program generates are applied to The Buttery’s charitable works. There are a number of separate community outreach programs designed to help teenagers and adults in the NSW Northern Rivers and Mid NSW Coast Regions who are facing issues with mental health, drugs, alcohol and gambling or who have problems with mental illness and substance abuse. CORE is a day-rehab conducted during school hours on weekdays for people with carer responsibilities, such as parents. There is also a program for the family members and loved ones of those in the residential program or who are in contact with The Buttery’s INTRA outreach program; people don’t need to live-in to take part in these programs. The outreach counsellors assess people’s needs and then, for instance, might recommend individual counselling and group sessions that are held in the local area for as long as is required.