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| Founded Date: | 2014 |
| Location: | Center City, Minnesota |
| Addnl Location: | 17 in nine states |
| Origins: | Merger of the Hazelden Foundation and the Betty Ford Center |
| Key People: | Joseph Lee, MD (President and CEO) |
| Services: | Addiction recovery |
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is an addiction treatment and advocacy organization that was created in 2014 with the merger of the Minnesota-based Hazelden Foundation and the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, in the United States.[1] [2]
The organizations have a long history together. Hazelden was founded in 1949, and Betty Ford visited its Minnesota headquarters in 1982 when she was planning to open the facility in Rancho Mirage.[3]
The Betty Ford Center opened on October 4, 1982.[4]
The Foundation also includes the nation's largest addiction and recovery publishing house, a fully accredited graduate school of addiction studies, an addiction research center, prevention training, an education arm for medical professionals, family members, and other loved ones, and a children's program.[5]