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Linda Hurley Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
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.
Addiction Treatment Forum: Report from AATOD: 5 years of success in Rhode Island corrections
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...
CODAC hosted Governor McKee as he signed executive order to enhance the Overdose Task Force
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...
Reed, Whitehouse secure $1.5M for new CODAC facility and overdose prevention
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...
CODAC Behavioral Healthcare to Present at 2022 AATOD Conference
Experts to Provide Positive Outcomes for 5 years of MAT within Department of Corrections; Will Also Provide Blueprint for Effectively Treating the Aging and Elderly in OTPs CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, the largest non-profit, outpatient provider for opioid treatment...
October Wellness
Wonderful to see our South County location calling attention to the important topics of breast cancer and testicular cancer awareness. Information is available for how to maintain your health and wellness. Great job!
Providence Business News: 1st mobile unit deployed in R.I.’s addiction fight
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...
October Mobile Unit Treatment: Find a Location Near You!
Sophie Sprecht-Walsh, LPN Receives Nursing Award
CODAC is honored to share a special staff spotlight on Sophie Sprecht-Walsh, LPN, Hep-C Nurse/Care Coordinator at CODAC Behavioral Healthcare. Sprecht-Walsh received the Rhode Island Monthly- 2022 Excellence in Nursing Award as one of fourteen unsung heroes of local...
September Mobile Unit Treatment: Find a location near you!
Video: New mobile methadone clinic offers life-saving care
In the Loop with Christian Bryant video about CODAC’s mobile medical unit. Courtesy “Newsy/EW Scripps”
Powerful Words of Encouragement (AnnMarie)
There are so many discussions about what addiction is. Is it a disease? Is it a choice? Looking back at years of mistakes and bad decisions, I can say with absolute certainty it's not a choice. Everyone has heard the analogies that girls don't wake up one day and say...
August Mobile Unit Treatment: Find a location near you!
July Mobile Unit Treatment: Find a location near you!
Boston Globe: R.I. provider to launch mobile opioid treatment as state faces record-high overdoses
The RV-like vehicle will allow the state’s largest outpatient provider, CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, to dispense medication and offer other treatments for opioid use disorder more easily By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated July 18, 2022, 9:23 a.m. Read the Full...
CODAC Announces Mobile Medical Unit Able to Dispense Methadone as Part of Full MAT
CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, the largest non-profit, outpatient provider for opioid treatment in Rhode Island, today announced the launch of its new mobile medical unit that will dispense methadone along with the other two FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) as part of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). CODAC’s mobile medical unit is the first in the nation to be approved under the new DEA regulations that went into effect on July 28, 2021.
