September 7, 2017
Café with a Conscience: 'Enlightened Café' Serves Healthy Foods
A new café has opened up in Ventnor providing the community with organic, wholesome and nutritious foods and beverages.
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Enlightened Cafe Serves Customers, Serving Recovery
“Enlightened Café” comes to Ventnor; bringing organic and nutritious food to the public, while helping provide scholarships to addicts going through treatments.
Watch The Entire VideoJuly 26, 2017
Ventnor cafe has an appetite for addiction recovery
Sam Loyle loaded up three plates of food carefully in her arms and delivered them to a family sitting at one of the many tables in Enlightened Cafe before zipping back into the kitchen to grab another order.
Read The Full ArticleJuly 14, 2017
Enlightened Cafè on Downbeach Buzz
Enlightened Café. 100% of our profit goes to scholarships
Read The Full ArticleMay 31, 2017
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Watch The Entire VideoMay 5, 2017
6th Street Life Concert to benefit Hansen House
The region’s most acclaimed singers and musicians will join together on one stage to perform a live concert to benefit the Hansen House on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the Concert Venue at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and the box office opens at 5:30 p.m.
Read The Full ArticleMay 3, 2017
Jennifer Hansen - 2017 South Jerseyan of the Year
In recognition of her successful efforts to provide comprehensive addiction treatment in Atlantic County, the Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs is honoring Jennifer Hansen as its Not-for-Profit Sector South Jerseyan of the Year.
Read The Full ArticleJanuary 29, 2017
Sober-living homes needed but lack state oversight
Jennifer Hansen walked into the kitchen of a large home by the beach, saying hello to residents and asking them about their day.
Read The Full ArticleJanuary 15, 2017
Christie's crusade against heroin faces a rocky reality
Gov. Chris Christie outlined an ambitious agenda for battling addiction in New Jersey during his State of the State speech Tuesday, one that would unquestionably make an appreciable difference in the battle against opioids.
Read The Full ArticleApril 18, 2016
Recovery houses in New Jersey caught in legal limbo with state
When Jennifer Hansen thinks about the money that’s gone to pay for her legal battle with the state of New Jersey, she thinks about all the newly sober people she could have helped.
Read The Full ArticleApril 17, 2016
Recovery Road: The journey for many begins in recovery houses
In the shower that horrible morning, Alba Herrera recited a quiet prayer for her oldest son. “Please God, help my son make the right decision," she prayed. "Please keep him on the right path.”
Read The Full ArticleApril 17, 2016
Jennifer Hansen talks about recovery houses
Jennifer Hansen attends a New Jersey Alliance of Recovery Residence meeting in Ewing, NJ. on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. She is president of the Hansen Foundation, which runs two state-licensed halfway houses and six recovery houses for men and women in Atlantic County.
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Check out this 5 star Facebook review by Jacqueline Johnston
Without the addiction of the drug and alcohol recovery program given to you , I know and you know you wouldn’t be alive today, and you are so “.Blessed ” to receive your job at “Enlightened Solutions” ,John you had a Guardian Angel watching over you and praying for you to come clean, and you should be so proud of yourself, by commiting to a job to help to fight the fight and never give up ,because living a good life is so rewarding. “All of the “Family “, are very proud of you and wish you a very Healthy,Happy, new lease on a wonderful life. Love “God Bless ” Mom Mom Jacquie Cassidy Johnston “. See the review on Facebook by clicking the link below.
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Facebook Review
Check out this 5 star Facebook review by Heidi Tubach. See the review on Facebook by clicking the link below.
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Sober living homes offer hope, support to recovering addicts (.PDF)
Samantha was an excellent student who played sports in high school in Doylestown, Pa., she said, when a boyfriend convinced her to try taking the pain killer oxycontin to relax. It escalated into a heroin addiction and a twoyear struggle to regain control of her life.
Open This DocumentFebruary 2, 2014
Sober living homes offer hope, support to recovering addicts
Samantha was an excellent student who played sports in high school in Doylestown, Pa., she said, when a boyfriend convinced her to try taking the pain killer Oxycontin to relax. It escalated into a heroin addiction and a two-year struggle to regain control of her life.
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Community Involvement
The Hansen Foundation's objective is to help recovering addicts by assisting those in need to access treatment. The Hansen Foundation owns and operates three Serenity Houses, extended care recovery residences in South Jersey. The Serenity Houses treat each resident as an individual with her or his own unique circumstances in order to help them sustain a life in recovery.
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