by Carolyn | Mar 30, 2017 | 50th anniversary, Bronx, grants, Harlem, newsletter, Odyssey House news, recovery
The Spring 2017 edition of Odyssey House News is now available online. Read about our new street outreach grant in Harlem, how we’re expanding recovery services in the Bronx, and more. You can even get a sneak peek inside the George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery,...
by Carolyn | Mar 10, 2017 | eldercare, GRCR, mothers, recovery, treatment, women, young women
HEALTH & WELLNESS SERVICES AT THE GEORGE ROSENFELD CENTER FOR RECOVERY For more than 50 years, Odyssey House has embraced total wellness as a key to lifelong recovery from substance use disorders. When the George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery (GRCR) officially...
by Carolyn | Mar 9, 2017 | eldercare, Family Center, GRCR, mothers, recovery, women
At the George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery (GRCR), women and older adults live and learn in a peer-driven environment that provides family-like structure and support. Supervised by a caring team of counselors, teachers, and health care personnel, clients receive the...
by Carolyn | Feb 23, 2017 | addiction, heroin, in the news, recovery, Working in Recovery
By Nicole Levy DNAinfo Cynthia Williams graduated from Hunter College in January at age 74 as the oldest member of her class and the oldest student in her master’s program in rehabilitation counseling. “I am the oldest person everywhere I go,...
by Carolyn | Jan 31, 2017 | 50th anniversary, addiction, recovery, young men
In celebration of our 50th anniversary, each month we will be sharing a story that highlights one of our programs or treatment populations. Here is Hamilton’s story, a resident of the Leadership Center for transitional-age men. “Six months ago, if you had told me I’d...
by Carolyn | Jan 12, 2017 | Bronx, community, Outpatient Services, recovery
This spring, Odyssey House will be expanding its recovery services in the Bronx with the opening of a new Recovery Community and Outreach Center (RCOC), providing a community-based, non-clinical setting that is safe, welcoming, and alcohol/drug-free. The center will...
