Press Release

Amelie Gooding Appointed to New Hampshire Governor’s
On Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Prevention, Intervention and Treatment

Ms. Gooding is a licensed clinician with more than 25 years of experience in mental health and substance abuse services. She has been Program Director of Phoenix House Keene Center since 1997, and also is a member of the New Hampshire Treatment Providers Association.

“Amelie’s appointment is a tremendous honor,” said Patrick McEneaney, director of Phoenix House programs throughout New England. “It recognizes both her own experience and expertise as well as Phoenix House’s role as a key provider of substance abuse services in New Hampshire.”

The Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment was created by the New Hampshire Legislature in the year 2000. Its mission is to significantly reduce alcohol and drug problems and their behavioral, health and social consequences for the citizens of NH by advising the Governor regarding policy, funding and the delivery of effective, efficient coordinated alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment service.

The Commission currently has four separate task forces to assist in the performance of its duties.  The four task forces are:

• Prevention
• Intervention and Treatment
• Public Awareness/Education and Public and Private Funding Sources
• Program Monitoring

Phoenix House Keene Center provides adult residential programs with a continuum of care from crisis intervention/detoxification and sobriety maintenance to drug and alcohol and dual diagnosis treatment, and transitional living to clients throughout the region, regardless of their ability to pay. Adolescent outpatient services available at Phoenix House Keene Center include the Self-Assessment Saturdays (SASY) teen intervention program and Monadnock Adolescent Treatment Initiative (MATI), a cooperative effort with Monadnock Family Services funded by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to provide treatment for Monadnock area teens in crisis.

Phoenix House Keene Center is a unit of Phoenix Houses of New England, a provider since 1967 of comprehensive care for individuals and families suffering from alcohol and other drug use disorders. Phoenix Houses of New England offers treatment and prevention programs in all six New England states, including Phoenix House Keene Center, Phoenix House Dublin Center, and the Phoenix Academy at Dublin for adolescents needing residential treatment. Information about services available through Phoenix House Keene Center and Phoenix Houses of New England is available on the web at www.phoenixhouse.org.

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Contact:
Mary Punch
Phone 603-358-4041 x6470