St. Vincent”™s Hospital Westchester has taken over operation of the outpatient addiction treatment program formerly operated by Renaissance Project Inc. at 132 Pearl St. in Port Chester.
The Harrison hospital, a division of Saint Joseph”™s Medical Center in Yonkers, began operating the program April 1 as the Port Chester Recovery Center and will continue outpatient services there to adults and adolescents.
The Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health coordinated the transition from Renaissance Project to St. Vincent”™s. “We appreciate St. Vincent”™s willingness to move quickly so that there was no gap for the clients or the employees,” said Dahlia Austin, department director of drug and alcohol services, in a press release.
Bernadette Kingham-Bez, executive director of St. Vincent”™s Hospital, said all program staff in Port Chester will be retained.
St. Vincent”™s Hospital Westchester provides inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment services and residential programs in Westchester and New York City.
