Hazel Pittman Center's Board of Commissioners meets the third Tuesday of most months, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the agency's Conference Room at 130 Hudson Street, Chester. The following dates have been reserved for Board meetings, though Board members reserve the right to cancel or reschedule a meeting as it approaches and as needs dictate.
Hazel Pittman Center (HPC) is proud to be nationally accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) -an independent, accrediting body of health and human services. Being a CARF-accredited service provider indicates that Hazel Pittman Center has applied CARF's comprehensive set of standards for quality to its business and service delivery practices, and is committed to continuous quality improvement.
It is estimated that tobacco use accounts for 25% of the total economic cost of illness in America. Chemically-dependent patients have a smoking rate that ranges from 80% to 95% in different studies, almost triple the national average. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8389891). Tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world. It is currently responsible for the death of one in 10 adults worldwide (about 5 million deaths each year).1