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The following article, extensively citing Veterans & First Responders Healthcare (VFR) CEO Eric Golnick, appeared in the Newark Star-Ledger, of Newark, New Jersey, on July 3. It presents an important controversy; we urge our readers to read and comment.  VFR is the sister company of Strive Health and is co-located in all Strive facilities.   The Indiana-based group Military with… Read More

Veteran & First Responder Healthcare (VFR), the sister company of Strive, issued this press release today.  A landmark agreement, we are republishing it here. VFR Healthcare (Veteran & First Responder Healthcare), the sister company of Strive Health, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced a new partnership to enhance Veterans’ access to substance abuse and mental health… Read More

The following message was written on Memorial Day, 2018, by Dr. Robert Pyles, Chief Medical Officer of Strive Health and of Veteran & First Responders Healthcare (VFR) .An established leader in the addiction and mental health fields, Dr. Pyles has served as President of the American Psychoanalytic Association, the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, and the Coalition for Patient Rights...and in Vietnam at… Read More

This letter was written by Eric Golnick, Cheif Executive Officer of Veteran & First Responder Healthcare (VFR), on the occasion of Memorial Day, 2018.  VFR is a sister company of Strive Health and shares facilities with Strive at all locations.  For detailed and important picture of VFR, we urge urge readers to visit its new website, released last week, on… Read More

We are proud and excited to announce the new, powerful web site released last night by VFR and Strive Health. We think it clearly articulates our mission of outpatient treatment exclusively for veterans, service members, and first responders, and how we personally understand this mission. Veterans, service organizations, therapists, know how critical it is to shine a light on the… Read More

by RENATTA SIGNORINI  | Sunday, April 8, 2018, 7:57 p.m. It can be tough to get a job while in recovery from a drug addiction. Sometimes it's the stigma that can surround addiction. Other times, a criminal record might be a stumbling block. “They can have a hard time getting jobs, sometimes their record,” said Tim Phillips, director of the Westmoreland County Drug Overdose… Read More

Strive Health today announced it has been selected by Governor Chris Sununu as an early adopter of New Hampshire’s ‘Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative’. Originally announced in the 2018 State of the State Address, the "Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative" promotes individual wellness for Granite Staters by empowering workplaces to provide support for people recovering from substance use disorder. “This initiative will… Read More