Caron Foundation

Caron Foundation

Caron Foundation is a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation center located at a convert|110|acre|km2|sing=on facility in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, USA. Caron also has locations in New York NY, Wyomissing PA, Plymouth Meeting PA, Boca Raton FL and Bermuda. Caron is a non-profit organization.

History

"Founded in 1957 by Reading, Pennsylvania industrialist and recovering alcoholic, Richard J. Caron, and his wife, Catherine, who opened their home to people needing shelter and help with recovery. They subsequently purchased the property it now occupies. In 1983, "Chit Chat", as it was known, was renamed Caron to honor its late founders." Caron is one of the first drug and alcohol treatment centers in the world, and the first in the U.S. to establish a residential codependency treatment program.Many cleberties have sought treatment there,most recently Miss USA 2006 Tara Coner.

Current activities

On 20 September 2006, Caron Foundation joined together with Betty Ford Center to support pending U.S. federal legislation that would require insurance companies to cover mental health on an equal basis with other chronic diseases. [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-20-2006/0004436376&EDATE=] The current president and CEO is Dr. Douglas D. Tieman, who came to Caron in 1995.

External links

* [https://www.caron.org/ Caron Treatment Centers] official website



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