- Founded in 1971 by NYC West Side families and the staff of Roosevelt Hospital Department of Pediatrics.
- Operates three residential programs with a total of 231 beds (including 30 children), plus other programs that serve 1,000 additional clients with a total annual budget of approximately $6 million.
- Licensed by the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and funded by New York State, New York City, the federal government, private foundations and individual contributions.
Veritas Therapeutic Community, Inc. mourns the loss of our dear friend and Foundation Trustee,
Max Roach. Max was a trustee of Veritas since 1994 and was the founder of Veritas’s Annual Evening with
Friends of Charlie Parker. His music enriched our lives personally, and the world’s. Max along with
Doris Parker, Milt and Sandy Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Heath and Congressman Charles B. Rangel
helped, through their love of music, to highlight the need for substance abuse treatment. In Max s words,
“I am living testimony that this thing can be beat. Those of us in a position to help have to do what we
can.” Veritas will always remember Max lovingly. Our thoughts and our prayers are with his family.
- Jim Little, Executive Director
- Arthur Lasky, President, Veritas Therapeutic Community Foundation, Inc.
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