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September 28, 2004
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(330) 315-2625
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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Community Health Center Reunites Families
Cut line for attached photo:
From left to right: Mary Taylor, State Representative; Judge Lynn Callahan,
President CHC Foundation Board of Trustees; Mike Callahan, President CHC Board of Directors;
Kimberly Zurz, Ohio State Senator; Sarah Leedham, Summit Co. Department of Development;
a Representative from the GAR Foundation; Ted Ziegler, CEO Community Health Center
The Community Health Center celebrated the official opening of Peachtree Estates II with a ribbon cutting ceremony on September 23. These six furnished units will be called home by single parents being reunited with their children during the substance abuse recovery process. Located at 4237 Wyoga Lake Road in Cuyahoga Falls, Peachtree Estates I (opened in 2001) and II will have the capacity to serve 14 families, and will provide safe, sober and secure housing to these families as they reintegrate into society.
Ohio State Senator and keynote speaker for the event, Kimberly Zurz, commented on the importance of these units within our community, “Substance abuse is a lifestyle that devastates one’s entire life. Changing a patient’s mindset will not always keep them drug-free, but changing their environment by providing affordable housing and supportive services that help them break the chain of substance abuse will.”
Patients who enter Peachtree Estates must have a dual diagnosis, meaning they are recovering from a substance abuse addiction and mental illness. During there two year allotted stay, the entire family participates in the recovery process through prevention education programs, counseling, case management and life skills training to help them achieve the goals needed to live independently.
“In the coming year the Community Health Center will be providing 85,240 bed days a year to patients in our community,” said Ted Ziegler, CEO of the Community Health Center. “This number may sound like another statistic, but in reality it illustrates the number of possibilities and the number of promising futures available to the people who reside in our housing.”
The Community Health Center is a multi-county provider of alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs, along with wrap-around services and housing programs. For over 30 years, the CHC has been offering new and innovative programming for individuals and families affected by substance abuse. Today, the CHC offers over 20 programs in the community. The Community Health Center is certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). For more information about the Community Health Center and its many programs, visit www.commhealthcenter.org or call (330) 434-4141.
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