A Personal Story / What Overdose Awareness Means to Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmHkywMp4Tw While the overdose crisis has become a nationwide problem, the impact is personal. One year ago, on August 31, 2022, Heather Spurlock-Venters, who now works as a peer support specialist at ARC’s Crown Recovery Center in Springfield, Kentucky, lost her brother-in-law, Sean Riley, to a drug overdose. Although Heather is now in recovery, she […]
ARC’s Pat Fogarty Investing in the Future of Access to Treatment
When some of the nation’s top leaders in addiction treatment ascend on Scottsdale, Arizona later this Fall, Addiction Recovery Care’s (ARC) Chief Operating Officer Pat Fogarty will serve as a key voice. “I am proud to represent Addiction Recovery Care as an Advisory Board Member for the Treatment Center Investment and Valuation conference. This conference […]
Matt Brown Promoted to President of ARC Healthcare
Since opening the doors to its first residential treatment center in 2010, Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) has been committed to delivering high-quality, individualized treatment to people with substance use disorders and helping them find long-term recovery. With more of the population struggling with serious mental illness and other behavioral health conditions in addition to SUD, […]
Addiction Recovery Care Named to Newsweek List of America’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers
For a third consecutive year, Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) has been included in Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers. Two of ARC’s residential treatment centers for women, Karen’s Place Maternity Center and Beth’s Blessing, made the list. The America’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2023 list highlights the nation’s top facilities based on quality […]
Here is What You Should Know About Fentanyl
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Illicitly manufactured fentanyl is being added to other drugs because of its extreme potency, which makes drugs cheaper, more powerful, more addictive, and more dangerous. […]
What we learned from a tour at Bellefonte Hospital and Recovery Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9Lpkp9OFw Renovations are well underway at Bellefonte Hospital and Recovery Center in Greenup County. The new treatment center will help fill an urgent gap in treating Kentuckians with substance use and mental health needs—and will serve as a major area employer. Recently, Community CEO Jonathan Frazier gave us a tour of the psychiatric facility at […]
Addiction Recovery Care celebrates access to care with Owensboro Ribbon Cutting
For western Kentuckians struggling with addiction, more help closer to home is on the way. Gov. Andy Beshear, state and local officials, and other community leaders joined Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) today for a ribbon cutting at Yellow Banks Recovery Center in Owensboro. Located at 3136 West 2nd Street in Owensboro, Yellow Banks is ARC’s […]
Treating Mental Illness & Addiction | “Go Hand in Glove”
During a House oversight hearing on Thursday, President Biden’s drug czar, Dr. Rahul Gupta, emphasized the need to address both mental illness and drug addiction simultaneously in order to reduce fentanyl deaths. Addiction Recovery Care (ARC), a leading provider of treatment and recovery services across Kentucky, echoed Dr. Gupta’s testimony that “mental illness and drug […]
ARC Executive earns HR leadership certification
As Addiction Recovery Care continues to grow across Kentucky, so does its executive leadership team. Recently, Kayla Parsons, ARC’s Senior Vice President of Business Administration received her SHRM-SCP certification. The SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certification is for individuals whose work includes duties such as developing HR policies or procedures, overseeing the execution of integrated […]
“Unique Approach” | National Experts Spotlight ARC
Kentucky recently ranked first in adult access to mental health, but fourth in drug overdose rates across the United States. Becker’s Behavioral Health, a group of experts covering the most pressing issues in Behavioral Health spotlighted Addiction Recovery’s addiction treatment program to understand its “unique approach.” Becker’s experts connected with ARC’s chief administration officer, Matt Brown, to discuss our strategy […]
