Farnum Center North: Special focus on addiction treatment for veterans, first responders

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Ribbon is cut and services are now available at the Farnum Center's new Franklin outpost.
Ribbon is cut and services are now available at the Farnum Center’s new Franklin North outpost, named for Alex Ray (pictured above, third from left, holding the ceremonial scissors) during the official March 4 launch.

FRANKLIN, NH – Farnum Center North in Franklin is ready to welcome 10 new clients into the newly opened “Ray House,” named in honor New Hampshire’s well-known and generous restaurateur, Alex Ray, of the Common Man Restaurant chain, who donated $100,000 to help with the project.

The newly expanded residential treatment center will provide in-patient treatment for women in need, and has immediate space availability for first-responders and veterans in need in a separate treatment wing, dedicated to veterans. In all, the Ray House has 21 available beds. In the next few months, another 42 beds will be licensed and available for rehabilitation and treatment in the Webster House, next door.

View of a bedroom at the new Farnum Center North Ray House.
View of a bedroom at the new Farnum Center North Ray House.

“We have opened our doors to anyone in need, but we recognize there is a special and significant need to tend to the men and women in uniform who have sacrificed for our country,” Dr. Cheryl Wilkie, Senior VP of Substance Abuse Services at Farnum Center, said. “We have created a special unit dedicated solely to our veterans and to our first responders. They have given so much to us, and it’s time for us to do what we can to give back to them.”

Easter Seals Farnum Center broke ground on the major expansion in Franklin last fall. The non-profit agency will offer new treatment services in two separate locations, Farnum Center in Manchester and Farnum North in Franklin. In addition, the process is underway to transition from peer recovery services to a fully licensed clinical program at Webster Place in Franklin. This will allow the facility to be fully flexible to handle a variety of in-patient and out-patient needs.

“The numbers speak for themselves and sadly, 2015 set another record for the number of lives lost to drug overdoses,” says Larry Gammon, President and CEO of Easter Seals. “This expansion is the first in what will be several steps to help those who are caught in this deadly addiction.”


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Carol Robidoux

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