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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. 

Haymarket Center is committed to serving clients in the Opioid Use Recovery for Fetal and Maternal Health in Illinois with care that is holistic, integrated, and trauma-informed. One way is through OURFAMILY Program.

The OURFAMILY program will provide up to 50 pregnant women who are living with opioid use disorder with a 180-day stay in a safe, stable, and structured housing environment. We will also provide three daily meals, laundry, recovery coaching, daily group counseling, and Medication assisted treatment (MAT).

Haymarket Center has always had the mission to aid people with substance use disorders in their recovery by providing comprehensive behavioral health solutions.

Ann F. Baum Family Enrichment Center

Our Family Enrichment Center is the Employment and Training Program within Haymarket Center. This program provides services to individuals with employment barriers and who also require assistance with launching a career or returning to the workforce as tax-paying citizens.

October is Health Literacy Month, which means it’s time to bring attention to the importance of making health information easy to understand, and making the healthcare system easier to navigate. Without Health Literacy, patients can suffer from real consequences.

September is National Recovery Month. This observance is used to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can help individuals with a mental or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life.