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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Housing & Shelter, Mental Health, Residential Mental Health Treatment, Substance Abuse Dependency, Prevention & Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment
Mission: Responsibility House, founded in 1994,by EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WM. MICHAEL MARTYN, exists as a community resource in Jefferson Parish, to serve the needs of adult chemically dependent,homeless and mentally ill persons, and the needs of the larger community. Responsibility House responds to these needs by providing high quality social detoxification and residential treatment programs to clients, and supportive housing to homeless mentally ill individuals, and their families. Responsibility House also provides a high degree of accountability to the larger community by networking with the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority, Unity for the homeless, and other service providers for the homeless and mentally ill.