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CODAC Behavioral Healthcare leaders broke ground on the site of a new integrated care center on Tuesday. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse secured $1.5 million in two federal earmarks to help the company which specializes in addiction treatment.  Read the full...

Published in Providence Business NewsJune 25, 2023 By PBN Staff David Nefussy was hired as CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s chief business officer in May. He had previously worked at Spectrum Health Systems in Worcester, Mass., since 2017. He served as Spectrum...

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., a leading provider of substance use treatment services in Rhode Island, has recently expanded its executive leadership team by adding two experienced professionals, Dustin Alvanas as Chief Operating Officer and David Nefussy as Chief Business Officer.

Francesca Beaudoin, emergency physician and epidemiologist, explains Rhode Island's newest harm reduction tool: the Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) van. By bringing treatment out into the community it serves, CODAC's mobile unit aims to move the needle on...

Check out this insightful Q&A with Linda E. Hurley, CEO of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, on the challenges and opportunities in substance abuse treatment and recovery. Hurley shares her personal and professional experiences working in the field, emphasizing the...

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With the cold weather on the way, we would like to remind everyone that the Overnight Warming Shelter is open now 2/24 through Sunday, 2/26 from 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM. The shelter is presented in partnership by CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare President and CEO, Linda Hurley, has been awarded the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award by The Rhode Island Public Health Association for her efforts in developing and promoting comprehensive, accessible, non-stigmatizing addiction care for all. 

Part 1: Medications for OUD in corrections: Tips from Linda Hurley, leader of CODAC  November 2, 2022 by Alison Knopf  https://atforum.com/2022/11/report-aatod-5-years-success-rhode-island-corrections/ Many changes have taken place in Rhode Island, one of...

We were honored to host Governor Dan McKee at the site of our upcoming Providence Headquarters as he signed an executive order enhancing the Governor’s Overdose Task Force.  CODAC CEO and President, Linda Hurley, also had the privilege of giving Governor McKee a tour...

U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse on Friday secured $1.5 million for a new CODAC Behavioral Healthcare facility and to boost overdose prevention. Read the full story on ABC 6. This is an image of Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse at a press conference...

DOCTOR IS IN: Dr. Francesca Beaudoin works on her computer in an exam room inside CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new mobile treatment unit for opioid addiction.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO By Christopher Allen  - 09/30/2022 John Hayes literally has a front-row...