by Amanda Edwards | Apr 28, 2015 | News
Healing Families is excited to announce that we were selected by an anonymous donor, the “Cheerful Giver,” to receive a matching gift of up to $1,500 during Midlands Gives on May 5th. That means a gift of $25 becomes $50; a gift of $50 becomes $100, and so on. Like...
by Amanda Edwards | Jan 23, 2015 | Board of Directors, News
Columbia, SC – The LRADAC Board of Directors will hold their meetings in 2015 at LRADAC’s Columbia campus on 2711 Colonial Drive at 12:00 p.m. on the following dates: Thursday, February 12Thursday, March 12Thursday, April 9Thursday, May 14Thursday, June 11 Thursday,...
by Amanda Edwards | Nov 18, 2014 | News
Columbia, SC – LRADAC is proud to announce the selection of Jeremy Martin as LRADAC’s new Vice President for Treatment and Intervention Services. This position oversees the agency’s wide array of treatment and intervention programs provided in both Richland and...
by Amanda Edwards | Oct 27, 2014 | News
Columbia, SC – After 28 years of service to LRADAC, Leslie Wilson, Vice President of Treatment and Intervention, will retire this November. Wilson is known as a pioneer in the field of treatment for substance use disorders. During her tenure at LRADAC, she developed...
by Amanda Edwards | Oct 22, 2014 | Awards, News
Columbia, SC – LRADAC is proud to announce its reaccreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, or CARF International. The accreditation process includes a three-day intensive survey of programs and staff, which occurs every three...
by Amanda Edwards | Sep 19, 2014 | News, Op-Ed
Op Ed published in The State Newspaper on September 18, 2014 Problems with mental illness and substance use disorders are common throughout our community. According to a 2012 survey by the federal government, 8.4 million American adults reported having co-occurring...
by Amanda Edwards | Sep 1, 2014 | News
Saturday, September 27th, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), LRADAC’s Lexington One Community Coalition is hosting a collection site for community members to drop off unused and unwanted...
by Amanda Edwards | Jun 18, 2014 | Awards, News
COLUMBIA, SC – LRADAC was one of ten South Carolina healthcare organizations recognized as winners of a Palmetto Hospital Trust (PHT) Safety Award, and one of seven winners of a PHT Transitional Duty Award at the 12th Annual PHTS Safe Patient Handling and Mobility...
by Amanda Edwards | May 7, 2014 | News
This Mother’s Day, LRADAC’s treatment program for pregnant women struggling with addiction to alcohol or drugs is celebrating 100 healthy newborns. The Maternal Outreach Management Services (MOMS) program, a program of LRADAC’s Transformation Institute for Women, uses...
by Amanda Edwards | Apr 24, 2014 | Awards, News
Columbia, SC – LRADAC received two honors at the annual Mercury Awards event hosted by the South Carolina chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). In the category of Brochures, the agency’s Healing Families Foundation received the Silver Wing Award...
