Easterseals NH will also be divesting of its Maine affiliate organization and ending its military and veteran services at its Vermont affiliate.
Tim Hartnett has been named interim Executive Director of Farnum Center, following the news on Tuesday that Cheryl Wilkie had left the organization.
“They really are a well-oiled machine and very mission-driven people,” Beauregard said. “Of course everyone is going to miss Cheryl, but things this week are going just as they did last week.”
All providers are facing the difficult choice of having to reduce services, cut the number of treatment beds, layoff staff and require longer wait times for clients if adjustments cannot be made to the Medicaid reimbursement rates currently in place.
Following two high profile visits to New Hampshire by President Donald Trump, Farnum’s leaders hope the next steps include a quick and substantial influx of specific resources to more effectively respond to the opioid epidemic in our state.
The donation is one of the largest single corporate donations the organization has received.
Substance abuse is a serious issue for returning service members, who struggle with the disease of addiction, and due to financial circumstances, are unable to receive the treatment they need to put them on a path to recovery. This fund will help them through dedicated addiction services at Farnum North.
All gifts received will help increase the number of treatment beds by 62 at Easter Seals NH, which has been on the front lines of this battle and is committed to supporting people in need, through substance abuse treatment programs at the Farnum Center in Manchester, and Farnum North in Franklin. With New Hampshire ranking 49th in access to treatment for substance addiction, and heroin use at epidemic proportions, Granite State residents have joined together to support their own.
According to the Easter Seals website, the Alex Ray $100,000 challenge is close to three-quarters of the way to its goal as the Nov. 1 deadline looms, with 138 donations totaling $70,480.
It’s the only safe place he knows in this city. He doesn’t want to jinx it, but it feels like the beginning of something he’s never known before; something like stability.