HR 613 — Commending National Capital Treatment & Recovery.

SPECIAL SESSION I INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22207979D I HOUSE OfferedRESOLUTION AprilNO. 4, 2022 N Commending National Capital Treatment & Recovery.

––––––––––613 TE Patrons––HopeCommending and Sullivan R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, for 60 years, National Capital Treatment & RecoveryRecovery. has provided treatment and support to thousands of individuals living with substance use disorders in the Washington, D.C.D metWHEREAS, National Capital Treatment & Recovery was established in 1962 as Alcohol U Rehabilitation, Inc., by a group of Arlington community members working with Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous;

andN CR WHEREAS,Agreed to by the 1970s,House asof drugDelegates, useJune became1, more2022 prevalentWHEREAS, infor the60 communityyears, National Capital Treatment & Recovery has provided treatment and acrossO thesupport Eto nation,thousands Alcoholof Rehabilitation,individuals Inc.,living expandedwith itssubstance missionuse anddisorders changedin itsthe nameWashington, toD.C., VanguardL Servicesmetropolitan Unlimited;area;

overand theL years,Rehabilitation, theInc., organizationby hasa greatlygroup extendedof itsArlington servicecommunity areamembers andworking has worked with patWHEREAS,Bill inWilson, 1989,one Vanguardof Services Unlimited became the firstE carefounders providerof inAlcoholics theAnonymous; region to offer a residential treatment program where women could bring their children;

and WHEREAS, Vanguardby Services Unlimited joined the Phoenix1970s, Houseas Foundation,drug the largest substance use treatmentbecame providermore prevalent in the Unitedcommunity States, in 2010 and operatedacross asthe aD regionalUnlimited; affiliate until 2019, when it returned to its roots as an independent regional organization and adopted its current name;

andover the Phoenixyears, Programthe residentialorganization programhas forgreatly men,extended theits Demeterservice Housearea forand women,has andworked thewith Counselingpatients Centerfrom fora Outpatientwide Treatment;range of backgrounds;

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thein orgWHEREAS,addition, National Capital Treatment & Recovery commemoratedoperates with Arlington County the Independence House transitional living program and the new Arlington Recovery CenWHEREAS, over the course of its 60thhistory, anniversaryNational withCapital adTreatment special& celebrationRecovery onhas Mayserved 3,more 2022;than 50,000 individuals, more than 70 percent of whom have successfully completed treatment;

now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Houseorganization ofprovides Delegates,financial Thatassistance Nationalfor Capitalindividuals Treatmentwith &substance Recoveryuse herebydisorder; be commended on the occasion of its 60th anniversary;

and,and bespecial itcelebration RESOLVEDon FURTHER,May That3, the2022; Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution :

35now, fortherefore, presentationbe toitrated Nationalits Capital60th Treatmentanniversary &with Recoverya asRESOLVED anby expression of the House of Delegates'Delegates, 36That admirationNational forCapital theTreatment organization's& lifesavingRecovery contributionshereby tobe memberscommended ofon the communityoccasion inof need.its 60th anniversary;

/and, 1be it for presentation to National Capital Treatment & Recovery as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the organization's lifesaving contributions to members of the community in need.