Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a nonprofit organization providing addiction and mental health services. Its work includes treatment, family programmes, recovery support, education, publishing and research through a national network and online services.
Organization profile
- Organization type
- Health system / provider network
- Headquarters / base
- Center City, Minnesota, United States
- Geographic scope
- National
- Hazelden Foundation
Medical focus
Activities
Population served
Hazelden and the Betty Ford Center
The Hazelden Foundation was established in 1949 in Center City, Minnesota. The Betty Ford Center opened in 1982 in Rancho Mirage, California. The two organizations merged in 2014 to form the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, bringing together their treatment, education and recovery work.
The Foundation is headquartered in Center City. Its campus at 15251 Pleasant Valley Road remains a treatment location, while the organization’s service reach extends through centres and telehealth programmes in multiple states. The Minnesota headquarters should therefore be distinguished from the geography of individual services.
Treatment and support for families
The Foundation’s service portfolio includes residential and outpatient addiction treatment, mental health services and virtual care. It also provides programmes for family members and children, alongside recovery coaching and other continuing support. Available programmes and levels of care vary by location.
At Center City, the programme brings together addiction and mental health care, medical and clinical staff, counselling and recovery support. The wider organization addresses substance use and mental health needs together where appropriate, while maintaining distinct services for different ages, clinical needs and family circumstances.
Education, publishing and research
Beyond direct care, Hazelden Betty Ford operates a graduate school of addiction studies, a publishing division and the Butler Center for Research. It offers professional and medical education, prevention resources for schools and communities, and information for families. These activities extend the organization’s role beyond treatment campuses into workforce education and public understanding of addiction and recovery.