Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is an addiction treatment and advocacy organization that was created in 2014 with the merger of the Minnesota-based Hazelden Foundation and the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California in the United States.[1]
Founded | 2014 |
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Origins | Merger of the Hazelden Foundation and the Betty Ford Center |
Services | Addiction recovery |
Key people | Mark Mishek (CEO) |
Website | www |
The organizations have a long history together. Hazelden was founded in 1949, and Betty Ford herself visited its Minnesota headquarters in 1982 when she was planning to open the facility in Rancho Mirage.[2]
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation bases its residential and outpatient services on a Twelve Step, abstinence-based treatment model for individuals with addiction to alcohol and other drugs.[3]
The Foundation also includes the nation's largest addiction and recovery publishing house, a fully accredited graduate school of addiction studies, an addiction research center, prevention training and an education arm for medical professionals, family members and other loved ones, as well as a children's program.
References
- "Hazelden Betty Ford Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Centers". www.hazeldenbettyford.org. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
- Terhune, Chad (2014-03-23). "Betty Ford Center ready for a comeback". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- Enos, Gary A. (2015-05-19). "Hazelden Betty Ford wants more patients in intensive opioid program with extended meds". Addiction Professional. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
- Quenqua, Douglas (June 5, 2013). "Betty Ford Center and Hazelden seek business partnership". The New York Times.
- Terhune, Chad (March 23, 2014). "Betty Ford Center ready for a comeback". Los Angeles Times.
- Enos, Gary A. (October 1, 2013). "Hazelden CEO: Health reform a major driver of merger with Betty Ford". Addiction Professional Magazine.
- Sanchez, Tatiana (February 11, 2014). "Mark Mishek named Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation CEO". Desert Sun.