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Better Training for Addiction Treatment: The Caron Foundation

Physicians and medical students don’t ordinarily receive much training in addiction treatment. In Pennsylvania, that’s changing, thanks to a grant from the Hanley Family Foundation. The grant provided seed money that allowed the Caron Foundation, a Pennsylvania-based, nonprofit organization offering addiction treatment, to train physicians and medical students in the treatment of addiction.

In place since 1996, the program has trained some 30-40 medical students and educated over 100 physicians through a lecture series, according to Doug Tieman, President and CEO of the Caron Foundation. The program’s success has attracted the support of other foundations. "The seed funding from Hanley started the ball rolling," Tieman says.

Hanley also provided a capital grant to Caron’s New York City recovery center, which provides evaluation services for families seeking treatment, as well as support for a planned physical fitness facility for patients at Caron's Wernersville, Pennsylvania campus.

Founded in 1957 by Richard J. Caron, a Reading, Pennsylvania industrialist and recovering alcoholic, and his wife Catherine, the Caron Foundation provides treatment services to people of all ages. The organization keeps participants busy during recovery with activities seven days a week. "For young people, we especially like to offer musical activities, including concerts by recovering professionals in the music industry," Mr. Tieman reveals. To learn more about the Caron Foundation, visit www.caron.org.