Author: Haymarket Staff

Three times a week for the past six months, Salesha Macray finished her day’s work as an assistant in Haymarket Center’s treatment programs, took a quick break, and then spent the evening online pursuing studies to advance her career as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC). Salesha is one of a handful of students to receive a scholarship available to Haymarket Center employees to pursue training through our accredited Professional Learning Center’s Addiction Counselor Preparatory Training Program.

Haymarket Center is known for its comprehensiveness, rising to meet the holistic needs of clients including addressing problem gambling. With a recent grant from the state of Illinois, Haymarket Center helps clients with problem gambling to increase their awareness of its impact and build new coping skills.

It should come as no surprise that Haymarket Center is in a unique position with regard to vaccine distribution. Our facility is distinguished by the extraordinary risk that the pandemic poses to our patients and staff. Like the hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that are the City’s top priority for receiving vaccine, our residential treatment programs serve hundreds of patients at very high risk every week—including many experiencing homelessness. Our programs are staffed by physicians, physician assistants, nurses, medical assistants and other front line workers.