Samaritan Daytop Village opens new PARC Bronx site
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
Last month, Samaritan
Daytop Village, along with
the NYS Offi ce of Alcoholism
and Substance Abuse Services
and Recovery Services
and Community Partnerships,
held the grand opening
for the borough’s Peer
Alliance Recovery Center location
on the second fl oor of
368 E. 148th Street.
The recovery center, known
as PARC Bronx, provides
Bronxites with resources and
tools they need to lead sober
and productive lives and offers
one-on-one recovery
coaching, workshops, group
sessions, computer training,
social and recreational activities,
vocational assistance as
well as peer-to-peer support
for those suffering with substance
abuse disorder.
PARC Bronx is being
funded in part through a NYS
OASAS’ State Opioid Response
Grand of $350,000.
Samaritan Daytop Village’s
new location is free and
open to the public.
PARC Bronx is located
in Mott Haven, which is one
of the top fi ve city neighborhoods
containing the highest
number of reported overdoses
from heroin and fentanyl.
In 2018, opioids were the
cause of death for more than
3,000 New Yorkers - approximately
272 of those deaths
were from the Bronx.
“Without a doubt, the opioid
crisis has hit this community
hard - and all too often,
we only hear about the tragic
consequences,” said Mitchell
Netburn, president and CEO
of Samaritan Daytop Village.
“What we don’t hear enough
about are the stories of the
people who are working to
break free of the chains of addiction
- we don’t hear about
the thousands of people who
wake up and enjoy another
day in recovery.”
“Every morning, I wake up
with exuberance and zeal because,
at PARC Bronx, I help
guide and support participants
on their recovery journeys,”
said Chris Kelly, a former
Samaritan Daytop Village
client who is now working as a
PARC Bronx recovery coach.
“This center is an absolutely
amazing place and a blessing
for all who can use it.”
“Here, members can come
to grow in spirit, career and
Gonzalez-Sanchez (l) and Roy Kearse, vice president of Recovery Services and Community Partnerships.
Photo By Edward Watkins
in life, and PARC is there for
every step of the way without
judgement or rejection,” Kelly
added. “It holds a special place
in my heart.”
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Samaritan Daytop Village
has hundreds of trained recovery
coaches at its 50 plus
locations. A 30-hour training
course towards being a recovery
coach is available at PARC
Bronx and open to anyone interested
in their own or other
individuals’ recovery.
“The addition of this new
recovery center in the Bronx
will further expand the availability
of that support and
help more people in the New
York City area who have been
affected by this disease.”
Samaritan Daytop Village’s
fi rst Peer Alliance Recovery
Center location at 92-13
147th Place in Jamaica, known
as PARC Queens, opened in
April 2017.
For more information
about the services and programs
offered at PARC Bronx,
call (929) 244-1500 or email
PARCBRONX@samaritanvillage.
org.
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