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Recovered heroin addict goes full circle to serve huge community By Victoria Colliver January 30, 2016 Read the article on SF Gate Three decades ago, Vitka Eisen was a heroin addict, but she knew from the start she needed to find a way to quit. “I just wasn’t very good at it,” she said. “Even though […]

Read the article on NPR.org January 15th, 2016 By Heidi Benson, NPR Addicted to prescription painkillers after a high-school sports injury, Cameron Burke moved on to heroin, which was cheaper and more easily accessible. His parents tried everything, more than once sending him out of state for treatment. “It was never enough,” Jennifer Weiss-Burke of

By Samantha Weigel July 30th, 2015 Tears, cheers, gratitude and hope marked the grand opening of San Mateo County’s newest mental health and substance abuse treatment center that plans to accept all who need assistance getting their lives back on track. HealthRight 360 celebrated its newest outpatient center, 2015 Pioneer Court in San Mateo, that will provide

By Jessica Kwong on July 19, 2015 HealthRIGHT 360 may not be a huge household name in The City, but its profile is about to get a significant boost. The healthcare provider — a merger of organizations including ‘60s substance abuse patient saviors Haight Ashbury Free Clinics and Walden House — by way of knocking and asking,

Women’s Recovery Association, a program of HealthRIGHT 360, provides individualized and integrated clinical services designed to address the complexity of women’s needs. Their comprehensive programming includes individual and family counseling, group therapy and educational groups that focus on women’s recovery from substance abuse and related addictive behaviors. Women’s Recovery Association’s Life Skills group is geared toward

San Francisco, CA February 25, 2015 — HealthRIGHT 360 will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new five-story, 50,000 square foot, integrated healthcare center, at 11 a.m. on Thursday February 26, 2015. The adaptive reuse project will transform the 1912 building into a new healthcare center for the nonprofit organization, providing primary medical care, pharmacy,

Leaders and Celebrities Accept Invitation to “Be The Change” San Francisco, CA November 13, 2014 — Local officials, celebrities, and other supporters will attend HealthRIGHT 360’s annual Be The Change fundraising breakfast tomorrow morning at the Veranda Ballroom in the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown San Francisco. Among the 300 attendees will be Hon. Quentin

On the evening of Tuesday, October 28, HealthRIGHT 360 hosted a Neighborhood Meeting to present the organization’s new integrated healthcare center that will be created at 1553 Mission Street in San Francisco. Grandma’s Deli and Café, in the same Mid-Market/Van Ness Corridor neighborhood, provided both the location and the refreshments for the event, which presented

SF Director of Health Barbara Garcia and Kisai Henriquez Also Recognized On Thursday, October 9, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón honored HealthRIGHT 360 VP of Programs Wayne Garcia for his leadership and service to San Francisco. Also honored at the event to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month were SF Director of Health Barbara Garcia

New Chief Medical Officer Has Extensive Clinical Experience and Expertise San Francisco, CA September 30, 2014 — HealthRIGHT 360 announced today that Dr. Ana Valdés will be the nonprofit organization’s new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Valdés has built her career around providing care to the underserved and uninsured, including service as the Board Chair of