My City February 2023

RONALD S. BROWN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Partner in Progress Award FLINT ODYSSEY HOUSE, INC. Flint Odyssey House, Inc. (FOH) provides a full continuum of Substance Abuse Disorder services for adults and adolescents and has fostered the develop ment of Specialized Employment Services, Inc. provid ing job-readiness training for hard-to-place individuals. FOH was born in 1987 from the ashes of the bank rupt Rubicon Odyssey House Program (ROH). Led by 1979 ROH graduate Ronald S. Brown, the venture consisted of two houses, a part-time nurse, 15 former ROH clients, $300 in food stamps and the debt in curred by ROH. Since then, Flint Odyssey has evolved into a nationally recognized exemplary substance abuse treatment organization that has set the standards for Women’s Specialty Programming since 1992. Operating treatment sites in Flint, Saginaw and Port Huron, the FOH continuum of care includes two residential programs (Flint and Saginaw Odyssey Houses), a nationally recognized Health Awareness Center, Withdrawal Management Services (detox), Adolescent Outpatient Treatment, Adult Outpatient, Recovery Housing, Youth Prevention, Mobile Opiate Response Team (MORT) street outreach and the 24/7 Dad® fatherhood program. FOH provides services to over 3,000 people annually. u

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