Our Mission:
"To serve our community by promoting awareness, education and support, advocating for persons affected by addiction including those addicted, their families, and friends through legislation to ensure immediate access to quality care. We believe freedom from addiction is a Human Right and are driven to strengthen our community through collaborative action to give voice to the people and facilitate change."
Bio:
Established
in 2015 as “Fairborn Against Heroin,” the agency was formed by
community action due to the heroin epidemic in Ohio, to spread
awareness and connect citizens to treatment services for substance
use disorders in the area of Greene County. In 2016 the agency
reorganized and incorporated adding a dba name of “FAH Recovery” to
better reflect the broader scope of services being provided through
the agency. The Board of Directors, leadership team and staff of the
agency undertook a rebranding effort to establish an identity for
the agency which better reflected the services and values of the
organization. After much consideration and discussion within the
board, with FAH members, community leaders, and the community as a
whole, it has been our determination that the most pressing need for
Fairborn and the surrounding area is a physical location where one
can find peer support and have easy access to information and
resources to suit their individual needs. Our agency has since acted
on that determination and established RecoveryPlus Community
Resource Center in late 2017as a dba of FAH. We have a great
location for this center that is easily accessible by members of the
community adjacent to downtown and directly on the public transit
line. RecoveryPlus was created to reflect our presence as a
drop-incenter and becoming the general offices of Fairborn Against
Heroin’s Board of Directors and general staff. With an impact of
servicing more than 10,000 people a year, Fairborn Against Heroin is
making a difference in our community and growing at a rapid rate,
doubling the persons served year after year since its inception in
2017.We are open to suggestions on any other services or activities
that can benefit the community. Fairborn Against Heroin is a
nonprofit corporation [501(C)(3)] within the state of Ohio to
connect citizens to behavioral health services in proximity to
Greene County. As a nonprofit corporation, Fairborn Against Heroin
is governed by a Board of Directors as established in the corporate
bylaws. Funding for the agency comes from a variety of sources
including private fundraising, with hope of gaining contracts with;
the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Clark, Greene and Madison
Counties, Job and Family Services, Children’s Services Board, United
Way of Greater Dayton, Juvenile Court, Court of Common Pleas,
Federal and State grants, private insurance and private pay. The
rapidly changing landscape of behavioral healthcare services within
the state of Ohio has, and continues, to pose unique challenges to
the field. We believe our organization and services fill gaps in
current treatment models, engages clients in the recovery process at
point of contact, serves all persons negatively impacted by
addiction with integrity, respect, and the urgency indicative of a
local and national opioid crisis, and the drug epidemic as a whole.
What we do: