Eric Michael: A Father Shares His Son’s Story
Our son Eric died on April 8, 2015, from a heroin overdose cut with fentanyl. Eric struggled with substance use for 10 years and was
December 10, 2024
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Unfortunately, treatment services for youth are limited and often lack comprehensive, up-to-date care, leaving patients and their families with few options.
That’s where we come in.
The Jamie Daniels Foundation has committed $500,000 over multiple years to establish and sustain the Adolescent Addiction Recovery Center (AARC) at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Troy. This center is a crucial resource for families in Southeast Michigan with children facing substance use disorders. AARC accepts all patients, including those without insurance and regardless of their ability to pay.
The Jamie Daniels Foundation and other funders support the Adolescent Addiction Recovery Center to offer comprehensive, therapy-focused substance use disorder retreatment in the Detroit area.
Dr. Matt LaCasse, a general psychiatrist who specializes in both child and adolescent psychiatry, as well as addiction psychiatry, serves as the clinic director. He is one of a limited number of experts in the United States who holds this unique set of qualifications.
Dr. LaCasse and his staff provide comprehensive, out-patient therapy-focused substance use disorder treatment programs for those under the age of 18. Available services include:
Our son Eric died on April 8, 2015, from a heroin overdose cut with fentanyl. Eric struggled with substance use for 10 years and was
Matthew Peyser passed away from substance use disorder in July 2017. His parents keep his memory alive through an annual event.
A Bloomfield Hills couple shares why they chose donations to the Jamie Daniels Foundation instead of traditional wedding gifts.
The Jamie Daniels Foundation, a Children’s Foundation initiative, provides education, resources, guidance and support to youth and adolescents battling Substance Use Disorder so that lives can be saved and healing can be created within families.
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