By Monica Morales WPIX A nonprofit called Odyssey House Family Center on Wards Island is one of the only mother-and-children treatment programs in New York City. It is helping more than 50 moms get sober and lead better lives.
By James Ford PIX11 RANDALL’S ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — Despite Tropical Storm Ophelia’s non-stop rainfall, steady winds, and occasionally strong gusts; a few hundred participants, supporters, and staff at an addiction recovery program were outside for hours to promote health and well-being.
In the second of a two-part series on fentanyl, the Search Engine podcast features an incisive interview with a former opioid dealer and Odyssey House client who has turned his life around in treatment and is on a mission to prevent other people from becoming addicted…
In today’s New York Times, Dr. Peter Provet, Odyssey House President & CEO, responds to a recent article [“One Year Inside a Radical New Approach to America’s Overdose Crisis,” by Jeneen Interlandi (Opinion, Feb. 26)], and accompanying editorial [“America Has…
By James Ford PIX11 RANDALL’S ISLAND, Manhattan (PIX11) — September is National Recovery Month, and PIX11 once again showed its support for people in their journeys over addiction through our commitment to the Run For Your Life. The event is organized by…
With treatment often difficult to access – especially for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) families – intervention from child protective services usually stops short of providing the resources families need. Journalist Pamela Appea of Prism talked to mothers in treatment at the George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery about…