Valley Hope seeks to invest $17 million in an expansion and renovation of the Parker, Colorado, residential addiction treatment center. The Parker Project will expand the center and improve efficiencies of treatment services. The facility will receive a fresh face along with relief from the current cramped conditions. The project will reduce waiting lists for admission, help more people, improve safety, and provide privacy and comfort for all patients.
We have needed an expansion and renovation in Parker for fifteen years. We are thrilled to be making this project happen, so that more patients can be provided with the life-saving benefits of Valley Hope services. With the demand for addiction treatment increasing, the needs of patients shifting, and treatment innovations evolving, Valley Hope stands ready to help the Colorado community.
Tracy-
I came to Valley Hope when I just couldn't function anymore. I'd hit bottom. I was depressed, discouraged and confused.
The counselors understood how I was feeling. Most of them had walked in my shoes and it made me realize that recovery was possible. It gave me hope. I had a choice: work the program or go back to my old life. It was up to me.
The counselors helped me deal with a part of my life that I had buried. The whole experience was bittersweet but it made me realize God was still there for me.
I look forward to every day now. I know things are going to work out. I'm smiling again.
Danita-
Cut off from my daughters, with no job and no place to go, I hit bottom. That's when an old friend and former patient of Valley Hope contacted me and gave me the opportunity to get clean. But I had to want it and be serious.
I thought all I had to do was complete the program and I would be able to go back and fool everyone again. That's how addiction works. The people at Valley Hope helped me understand the disease for what it really is. They changed my life and will forever be in my heart.
There are still aspects of addiction that hinder my day-to-day life, but I don't turn to drugs or drink to cope. I made awesome friends at Valley Hope and have a great support system. Today I live with my kids, I talk to my family, I attend celebrate recovery, I am confident again. I even minister and share my story.
Travis-
My drinking days were pretty much a blur. I did what I needed to do to get by and feed my addiction. Everything else I let slide. Family relationships were fading. Work was going downhill. And I got into a bunch of trouble with the law and that's what got me to Valley Hope.
The staff and counselors made me feel welcome. Hearing other patients' stories made me realize I had a problem that could get a lot worse if I didn't treat it. Once I admitted that, I got with the program. I learned a lot about alcoholism and what I needed to do to live a happier, healthier life.
I know life will never be easy but it is a heck of a lot easier now. My relationships with family and friends have grown tremendously. God, family and friends are what keep me going.
At Valley Hope, we understand the devastating toll addictive substances have on people, their families and relationships. We've seen productive lives and promising futures destroyed by this relentless, unforgiving disease.
We are steadfast in our belief and dedicated to the idea recovery is possible. With Valley Hope's help, people struggling with addiction can once again become the people they were meant to be. We treat the whole person-mind, body and spirit. Our multidisciplinary team of counselors, chaplains, physicians, nurses and psychologists work together to meet the physical, mental, social and spiritual needs of each patient.
The initial concept for a treatment center stemmed from a friendship forged in Norton, Kansas, between a physician and a
minister. Dr. Merlynn Colip and Rev. Bob Adams shared a common concern - many people they were encountering in their respective
fields were suffering from alcoholism and little was being done to address the problem.
The two men were driven to become part of the addiction solution. In 1967, Valley Hope Association was incorporated and opened as
a 9-bed facility. The demand for Valley Hope's services grew as people from across the Midwest traveled to western Kansas for Valley Hope treatment. Within two months, there was a waiting list for admission. Denver Tech Center developer, George Wallace, joined the Board of Directors of Valley Hope Association and encouraged replication of Valley Hope in other locations. As a result of this conversation,
Valley Hope expanded to six new states including Colorado. The Parker center opened in 1989 providing residential addiction treatment services. In 1992 the Denver Outpatient office opened.
In 2019, Valley Hope responded to another significant need. New Directions for Families opened, providing a safe place for mothers to receive treatment without being separated from their children. In 2020, Valley Hope's digital platform, TeleCare, was launched to provide treatment and recovery support services during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
Since its inception, Valley Hope's intention has remained the same; to help those whose lives have been ravaged by drug and
alcohol addiction.
Organization name
Valley Hope of Parker/Denver
1989
Tax id (EIN)
48-0728186
Category
Health Care
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
22422 E. Main ST.Headquarters
103 S. Wabash PO Box 510Colorado Location
7108 S. Alton WayMailing
PO Box 59Douglas County, CO, US
Arapahoe County, CO, US
KS, US