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WHO WE SERVE...

We serve veterans & active duty personnel of all branches of the US military, male and female, of all ages.
OUR LOCATION

HERO Treatment Program is located in Opelousas, Louisiana in the heart of Cajun Country and is on
a beautiful, serene
rural campus setting.

CALL US...

Call HERO 24/7
337-942-1171 or
888-706-1870.
Talk to us.
We're here right now.
HERO PROGRAM SHORT CAMPUS TOUR
REFLECTIONS ON 2021

REFLECTIONS

A Year of Service to Our Veterans

By Craig LaSeur, MA, LAC, LCDC

Clinical Director/Program Manager

The HERO Program

By the end of the year 2021, the Hero Program will have served over 220 veterans with substance abuse and mental health disorders. During this past year, we have expanded our clinical services to include an older adult specific program, focused on moral injury therapy, and helped our veterans avoid financial exploitation so common among the older veterans.

Often unseen in the background is our HERO ownership team that provides us the opportunity to field a large clinical team with a 3 to 1 client to clinician ratio. Further, our services often at minimum, double what is found in traditional residential treatment programs. The ownership team and staff of the Hero Program have done an amazing job of developing and delivering a program that meets our very simple goal of providing the best treatment we can to the veteran population.

By any definition of success, it was a great year, yet a dark cloud hangs over the mental health and substance use treatment industry as a whole. Before December 2021was a reality, our country hit a grim milestone: 100,000 overdose deaths which almost no one is talking about it. That number does not include deaths from accidents, suicides, or health conditions associated with alcohol and drugs.

As I close the books on 2021, I am proud of the work we have done but the impact of drugs and alcohol are increasing at an alarming rate. There is much more work to be done and I ask all in the helping professions to remember the size of the problem and how essential it is for us to remain on the firing line to help those that much of society would rather forget.
HERO NEW FITNESS CENTER / THERAPY OFFICES PLANS COMPLETE
In a move to further provide for the highest quality of
care services in an environment that is comfortable and conducive to healing from substance abuse and trauma, The Hero Program has completed design plans for its new Fitness Center and Therapy Office complex to be built on the campus grounds.

To meet the therapeutic and physical needs of the veterans served by The Hero Program, a new multi faceted gym and a new clinical building are being built with completion set for the first half of 2022.   The new fitness center will include a wide range of exercise and fitness equipment including a rowing machine, incline and flat bench for weight lifting, twin cable weight towers, a kettle ball area, exercise treadmills and bike, an open area for yoga, pull up bars, among other features.   Large pull up doors will be provided to allow for open air access to an exterior patio area during good weather.

Separate from but adjacent to the Fitness Center will be a new Therapy Center featuring four Counseling offices, waiting areas, and a private conference / meeting room.   A surrounding front and side covered porch will allow outside seating facing the complex’s Garden Walk and will allow access to an outside terrace and fire pit area.

According to Craig LaSeur, Clinical Director and Program Manager of the Hero Program, the new Fitness and Therapy complex will further enhance the ability of The Hero Program to care for the physical needs of residents while adding greater comfort and accessibility with the additional counseling offices in the Therapy Center.

The complex will be situated near a wooded area of the Hero campus and will be in easy walking distance from the main residential complex area.
A garden walk is planned to further blend the new facility into the tree covered Hero campus and to allow for outdoor reflection areas.
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HERO HAPPENINGS & STORIES

HERO FALL BEAUTIFICATION

One thing is certain in Louisiana, anything planted in the ground such as grass and vegetables do grow. And so do the weeds! After an incredible year of rains with two months yet to go, the weeds have had a banter year to say the least.

While The HERO Program campus is groomed regularly by our lawn service, special areas around the campus can fall under the radar a bit at times.

Just in time for fall, members of The HERO Program staff elected to have a "clean up day" to go after those areas needing a bit of attention including our parking areas.

Pictured are Amber West, (Business Office Manager), Joby Riggs, (Admissions), Craig LaSeur, (Program Director), and Liz Livingston, (Accounts Manager), not shown in photo in her area, doing their part in the clean up.

Thanks to all for going above and beyond.
Crisis Prevention & Intervention Training Held at The HERO Program

CLICK HERE to view the full article on the recent CPI training program held at The HERO Program.

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MORAL INJURY…A Very Real But Not Well Understood Condition

Please CLICK HERE to view our Program Director, Craig LaSeur's article on MORAL INJURY published November 4, 2021
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2021: COMMEMORATIONS & ANNIVERSARIES

Our US military Veterans and active personnel are part of the very fabric of our lives and our American history.

Throughout our year, we honor our active military personnel in all branches of service as well as those veterans who served so that we can enjoy our freedom in this great nation of ours.

Shown below are upcoming commemorations for the period of September - December 2021. We will update and add other dates as they are identified and as we approach them each quarter.

Please take a few moments on each date to remember, reflect upon, and honor those who gave of themselves for us all.

SEPTEMBER

• September 17, 2021 - POW/MIA Recognition Day (A time set aside to remember those who were prisoners of war (POW) and those who are missing in action (MIA), as well as their families.)

• September 18, 2021 - Air Force Birthday

• September 26, 2021 - Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day (A day set aside to honor the families of our nation's fallen service members.)

OCTOBER
• Oct. 13, 2021 – Navy Birthday

• Oct. 26, 2021 – National Day of the Deployed

NOVEMBER

• November – Military Family Month, Warrior Care Month
• Nov. 10, 2021 – Marine Corps Birthday

• Nov. 11, 2021 – Veterans Day – This is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice treaty, which ended World War I and is also a day to thank military Veterans for their service.

DECEMBER

• Dec. 7, 2021 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – The anniversary of the day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, signaling the United States’ entrance into World War II.

• Dec. 13, 2021 – National Guard Birthday

• Dec. 18, 2021 – National Wreaths Across America Day

NOTE: General observances or dates of remembrance for non military service events or historic occasions are not listed in this calendar. We respect all observances, whether public or military related.
CAREER APPLICATION

Please CLICK HERE to go to our Careers Page on this website.
HERO PROGRAM TO CONSTRUCT 4,000 SQ FT FITNESS CENTER ON OPELOUSAS CAMPUS

Please
CLICK HERE
to view the full news story and additional photographs.
HERO PROGRAM OUTCOMES (First Year)

CLICK HERE to view our HERO PROGRAM Outcomes Report
HERO HANDBOOK

CLICK HERE to open the HERO handbook in PDF format.
HERO CAMPUS MAP

Please CLICK HERE to view a map of the HERO Campus in PDF format. You can also see the map in this website on the "OUR CAMPUS" page under the About Hero drop down menu.
THE CARE WE PROVIDE

CLICK HERE to view an article prepared by The HERO PROGRAM's Clinical & Program Director, Craig LaSeur on the care provided at HERO.