The Betty Ford Center is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Rancho Mirage, California co-founded by former United States First Lady Betty Ford and her friend, Ambassador Leonard Firestone, in 1982. Mrs. Ford's decision to undertake such a project fell on the heels of her own battle with chemical addiction, and after her release from the U.S. Naval Hospital, she pursued the goal of creating a treatment center that emphasized the needs of women. The non-profit Betty Ford Center reserves 50% of its space for women, and the programs are gender-specific. Rancho Mirage is a city located in Riverside County, California. ... White House portrait Betty Ford (born April 8, 1918), a First Lady of the United States, was born Elizabeth Ann Bloomer in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of William Stephenson Bloomer, an industrial supply salesman, and his wife Hortense Neahr. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ...
The center is located on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center.
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