WCVB-TV (ABC): Harvard Pilgrim Health Care offers Narcan training With the opioid epidemic showing no signs of abating, we have been expanding our efforts to address the deadly consequences of addiction by training our staff, clients, and community members to administer a lifesaving dose of naloxone. This week, Richard O’Connor,…
By Zach Williams New York Nonprofit Media Political uncertainty at the federal level led many New York nonprofits to become more political in 2017. A looming state budget deficit and cuts to federal social services programs will likely keep up the pressure on nonprofits to maintain…
News 12 Bronx MORRIS HEIGHTS -A new recovery center in the Bronx is helping fight the addiction crisis with a unique approach. The Odyssey House Recovery Center, inside the Davidson Community Center, works to show those fighting addiction that there are alternatives to getting high. “We…
By Glenn Blain New York Daily News (From l.) Odyssey House COO John Tavolacci, Odyssey House President Peter Provet, Odyssey House recovery coach Jesse Westbrook, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Hochul, OASAS Commissioner Arlene González-Sánchez, state Assemblyman Victor Pichardo, Odyssey House Director of Outpatient Services…
Behavioral Health News, Fall (2) 2017 By Justin Mitchell, VP, Director of Residential Services & Daphne Juste, Clinical Support Coordinator With more than 60,000 opioid overdose deaths nationally in 2016, a multi-pronged treatment approach is necessary to address the worst drug crisis in American history.
“In New York State, we believe in people. Nobody is a lost cause. Everyone is worth saving.” And with that, NYS Lieutenant Kathleen Hochul officially opened the George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery, and affirmed the State’s commitment to supporting the men and women in need of treatment.