Vision, Mission, and History

Outreach’s Vision is…

To maintain our standing as a premier provider and champion of quality, life-changing behavioral health care while regularly evolving our treatment and training services to meet changing community needs…the goal is to provide integrated care, in one setting, aimed toward improving the health status of the communities we serve.

Outreach’s Mission is…

To inspire individuals and families to achieve a life of unlimited potential by developing and delivering the highest quality evidence-based behavioral and integrated medical health services delivered by a professional and highly qualified staff with ongoing focus on quality improvement.

 

Building healthy lives takes vision. Co-Founder and President Emeritus Kathleen Riddle made hers a reality with a $60K grant. At the site of a former candy store in Glendale, Queens, she opened the doors to an assessment and referral center called Outreach Project.

The mission back then had one objective: To encourage local community residents to seek treatment for substance abuse. Since then, our mission has evolved to meet the needs of the communities we serve. Today Outreach inspires adolescents, adults and their families to achieve a life of unlimited potential through our high-quality, evidence-based substance abuse treatment and CASAC training programs.

With humble beginnings, Outreach began its inspired journey and, after four decades, continues to inspire.