Nexus Recovery Center Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Nexus is part of the Texas state-provider partnership recently funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care, the foundation's initiative to improve the quality of alcohol and drug addiction treatment in the United States by promoting the use of evidence-based practices. Evidence-based practices such as medication-assisted treatment and building the continuum of care from disease onset to recovery are common in the treatment of chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes. Advancing Recovery is making addiction treatment more like other types of medicine that focus on disease management. Click here for the press release.
Nexus Executive Director Becca Crowell Receives AAUW Honor
Nexus Recovery Center Executive Director Becca Crowell was recently honored as a Woman of Distinction by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) of Texas at their annual convention. Crowell was nominated by the Dallas Branch of the AAUW. Click here for complete story.
Nexus Clients Benefit from Captain Hope's Kids
NBC featured a story on Captain Hope's Kids, an agency that provides homeless children with school supplies, clothing and other critical items such as baby formula. Nexus has partnered with Captain Hope's Kids for more than three years. In this video, a Nexus client chooses back to school items for her family. Click here to view.
D Magazine Article Features Interview with Nexus Medical Director
In an article entitled "Cheese: The New Face of Heroin" D Magazine reporter Craig Hanley traces the growing cheese/heroin problem in the area. Nexus Medical Director Carlos Tirado is leading this threat to public health and was interviewed for the article. Read more about it on the D Magazine web site.
KERA Radio Airs Cheese/Heroin Special Series
KERA reporter Sujata Dand interviewed Nexus adolescent clients for the special series about cheese/heroin addiction, which aired September 26. To view the transcripts and listen to the special series visit the KERA web site.