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Location Rancho Mirage, California, United States Website www.bettyfordcenter.org Lists Hospitals in California CEO John T. Schwarzlose (1982–) Headquarters Rancho Mirage, California, United States Founders Betty Ford, Leonard Firestone, James West Parent organizations Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Hazelden Foundation Similar Hazelden Foundation, Eisenhower Medical Center, Caron Foundation, Phoenix House, Alcoholics Anonymous Profiles | ||
The Betty Ford Center (BFC) is a non-profit, separately licensed residential chemical dependency recovery in Rancho Mirage, California. It offers inpatient, outpatient, and residential day treatment for alcohol and other drug addictions, as well as prevention and education programs for family and children.The Betty Ford Center, which is adjacent to Eisenhower Medical Center, has 100 inpatient beds available on their campus and additional lodging for 84 clients in the Residential Day Treatment program. The Betty Ford Center opened on October 4, 1982.
In 2015, the Betty Ford Center opened an outpatient addiction treatment clinic in West Los Angeles.
History
The Center was co-founded by former U.S. First Lady Betty Ford, Leonard Firestone and Dr. James West in 1982. West also served as the Betty Ford Center's first medical director from 1982 until 1989. He left that position to become the Betty Ford Center's director of outpatient services.
Betty Ford's decision to undertake such a project followed on the heels of her own battle with alcohol dependence and diazepam addiction and release from the Long Beach Naval Hospital.
Betty Ford Center merged with Hazelden Foundation on February 10, 2014, to create the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.