Media Contact:
Joy Mosenfelder
[email protected]
W: 617-541-0222 x646
C: (978) 866-9234
MEDIA ALERT
VICTORY PROGRAMS OPENS DOORS TO “NEW JOELYN’S HOME” 2 ½ YEARS AFTER BRIDGE CLOSING
What:
Victory Programs suffered a devastating financial and clinical loss two and a half years ago when the only
bridge to Boston Harbor’s Long Island was shut down do to structural deterioration. Long Island was the site
of Victory Programs’ prominent, state-of-the-art women’s residential recovery program, Joelyn’s Family
Home. At the time, Joelyn’s Family Home was the largest women’s residential recovery program in the
state. The bridge closure forced a rapid evacuation of clients and staff and resulted in the loss of 70% of the
women’s recovery beds in the City of Boston. Victory Programs has been fully committed to regaining those
lost beds since the bridge closed. Over the last two and a half years they have worked with the City of
Boston, the State of Massachusetts and neighborhood groups to relocate vitally needed women’s residential
recovery services against the backdrop of the growing opioid crisis.
Victory Programs is announcing: New Joelyn’s Home Grand Opening Celebration, a new, 24-bed,
residential recovery home for women housed in a fully renovated Victorian home in Roxbury! This latest
addition to the Victory Programs’ family is the crown jewel in the organizations’ efforts to bring women’s
residential recovery services back to 98% of the capacity prior to the bridge closing. This new substance
addiction treatment program will be staffed with skilled direct-care clinicians and community case
managers.
When: May 18, 2017, 11 AM
Where: New Joelyn’s Home
Roxbury, MA (call for address)
Who:
Confirmed Speakers: Charlie Baker, Massachusetts Governor; Martin J. Walsh, Boston Mayor; Chrystal
Korneygay, Undersecretary, Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development; Sheila
Dillon, Chief of Housing and Director of Neighborhood Development, City of Boston; Allison Bauer, Director,
Bureau of Substance Abuse Services; Tito Jackson, Boston City Councilor, District 7
Pending Confirmation: Maura Healey, Attorney General; Sonia Chang-Diaz, State Senator; Liz Malia, State
Representative; Roger Herzog, Executive Director, Community Economic Development Assistance
Corporation
Contact: Victory Programs’ Communications Manager, Joy Mosenfelder at 617-541-0222 x646 or
[email protected]
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About Victory Programs
Victory Programs has more than 40 years of experience opening doors to hope, health and housing for individuals
and families in need. Since its inception in 1975, the agency has expanded to 17 health, housing and prevention
programs providing shelter and recovery services to more than 2,300 people annually. Victory Programs has a storied
history of responding to emerging needs in the community – from being one of the first agencies in Massachusetts to
allow HIV positive clients into its addiction recovery programs in 1981 to launching a mobile prevention unit in 2015
to reach individuals and families in the community and better serve their needs. Throughout its organizational
growth, Victory Programs’ commitment to those struggling with homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction and
chronic illnesses like HIV/AIDS always remains its top priority.