Founded2014
Location
Locations
OriginsMerger of the Hazelden Foundation and the Betty Ford Center
ServicesAddiction recovery
Key people
Joseph Lee, MD (President and CEO)
Websitewww.hazeldenbettyford.org

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][2]

Background

The organizations have a long history together. Hazelden was founded in 1949, and Betty Ford visited its Minnesota headquarters in 1982 when she was planning to open the facility in Rancho Mirage.[3]

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation bases its residential and outpatient services on a twelve-step,[4] abstinence-based treatment model for people addicted to alcohol and other drugs.[5]

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, an education arm for medical professionals, family members, and other loved ones, and a children's program.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Hazelden Betty Ford Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Centers". www.hazeldenbettyford.org. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  2. ^ Quenqua, Douglas (June 5, 2013). "Betty Ford Center and Hazelden seek business partnership". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Terhune, Chad (2014-03-23). "Betty Ford Center ready for a comeback". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  4. ^ "Getting Through Tough Times in Recovery, Staying at the Course". Ocean Recovery. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  5. ^ Enos, Gary A. "Hazelden Betty Ford wants more patients in intensive opioid program with extended meds". Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  6. ^ Enos, Gary A. (October 1, 2013). "Hazelden CEO: Health reform a major driver of merger with Betty Ford". Addiction Professional Magazine.

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