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Since 1983, Mn Adult & Teen Challenge has been restoring hope to people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. In addition to our effective and affordable residential Licensed Treatment, faith-based Long-Term Recovery and convenient Outpatient program, we have extensive prevention and transitional/aftercare services.
Our mission is to assist teens and adults in gaining freedom from chemical addictions and other life controlling problems by addressing their physical, emotional and spiritual needs.
Stories and Releases
Press Releases
2023
2022
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge (MnTC) Hires Vice President of Long-Term Programs – December 28, 2022
Tom Truszinski Becomes New CEO of Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge – August 2, 2022
2021
Leadership Transition Coming to Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge – October 5, 2021
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Hosts Gala for Freedom From Addiction – September 22, 2021
Know the Truth Creates New Program Tracks for 2021 – 2022 School Year – September 20, 2021
Minnesota Adult and Teen Expands Rochester Facility – August 7, 2021
Know the Truth Student Survey Finds Substance Use Remains High – July 28, 2021
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Holds 13th Annual Breezy Point 5K on July 3 – June 29, 2021
Fishing Fundraiser for Freedom from Addiction – June 2021
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Renovates Chatham Facility – April 20, 2021
National Drug Take Back Day Event Planned for Ramsey County – April 9, 2021
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Honored as One of the Top Workplaces in America – April 8, 2021
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Earns 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator – March 23, 2021
Know the Truth Prepares for In-Person Learning – March 23, 2021
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Launches Alumni Services App – February 8, 2021
2020
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Hires Director of Alumni Services – December 2, 2020
Substance Use Prevention Education Expands in Minnesota Schools – December 2, 2020
Know the Truth Updates Curriculum for Distance Learning – September 29, 2020
Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge Named One of Newsweek’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2020– September 2, 2020
Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge to Open New Women’s Treatment Facility – July 23, 2020
Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge Acquires Building from Tubman Organization – January 14, 2020
2019
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Provides New Offerings- October 9, 2019
Know the Truth Updates Curriculum for 2019-2020 School Year – September 5, 2019ptember 5, 2019
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Receives $10,000 from the Minnesota Power Foundation– July 1, 2019
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Earns Seal from Charities Review Council – Feb 11, 2019
2017
Know the Truth Receives Grant from Wrigth-Hennepin Electric Trust – Nov 17, 2017
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Hosts Gala in Mankato on Oct. 24 – Oct 23, 2017
Know the Truth to Reach 60,000 Students During 2017-2018 School Year – Oct 11, 2017
Lakeside Academy Now Part of SouthWest Metro Intermediate District 288 – Sept 12, 2017
Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Hosts Run/Walk to Promote Sobriety – Sept 6, 2017
Know the Truth Announces 2018 Community Education Events in Anoka and Pope Counties – Jan 5, 2017
News Stories
2023
- 6/27/2023 KAALTV | Rochester overdoses go up 29 percent
- 6/23/2023 Southern Minnesota News.com | Treatment program searching for different Mankato location after public pushback
- 6/22/2023 The Free Press | Adult & Teen Challenge looking for different Mankato site
- 6/23/2023 keyc.com | Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge to search for new Mankato location after pushback
- 1/17/2023 | Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge adds mental health services in metro suburbs
- 1/16/2023 | ‘It’s a beautiful thing’: Duluthians march to remember Martin Luther King Jr., urge action
2022
- Feb. 14, 2022 | Echo Press – Adult and Teen Challenge Seeks Annexation
- Feb. 17, 2022 | KIMT – Battling addiction: Meth use in southern Minnesota rising by ‘astronomical proportions’
- Feb. 26, 2022 | KTTC – An accelerating drug crisis hits southeast Minnesota
- March 18, 2022 | KSTP – Overdose deaths up in the U.S., two-thirds involve synthetic opioids like fentanyl
- March 23, 2022 | Timberjay – Sentencing often difficult to understand
- March 31, 2022 | KEYC – Bowling for Hope event looking to raise $15,000 for area nonprofits
- April 15, 2022 | Brainerd Dispatch – Second chances: ‘It’s so worth it’
- May 28, 2022 | Minnesota Women’s Press – After Parental Rights are Terminated, Mothers Find Support in One Another
- June 6, 2022 | Outdoor News – Minnesota Fishing Challenge Teams Raise $500,000 Plus in 2022
- July 2, 2022 | Duluth News Tribune – Hundreds Race in Breezy Point 5K
- July 4, 2022 | WCCO – Twin Cities teen gains new perspective after drug overdose
- July 4, 2022 | WCCO – Mn Teen Challenge substance use resources
- July 13, 2022 | Mpls St. Paul Magazine – Message in a Bottle: The Effects of Pandemic Drinking
- July 17, 2022 | KAAL – MN opioid overdoses reach new high in 2021
2021
- 9/3/2021 | Two arrested after search reveals mushroom growing operation in Chatfield
- 8/31/2021 | Drug Overdose Awareness Day offers reflection after Minnesota sees record deaths in 2020
- 8/31/2021 | THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS MAKING THE U.S. DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC WORSE
- 8/31/2021 | ‘I’ve been a meth addict since I was 13’: Minnesota siblings discuss their struggle with addiction on Overdose Awareness Day
- 8/31/2021 | Tuesday Is International Overdose Awareness Day
- 8/9/2021 | New sports facility is being built for Rochester group that helps with addiction treatment and recovery
- 7/3/2021 | Running for a cause: Breezy Point 5K draws record-breaking crowds
- 6/12/2021 | Funding recovery by fishing: Grand Rapids duo raises $40,240 for recovery program
- 6/8/2021 | Reports of drug use, intoxication and overdoses reveal depth of public health crisis on light rail
- 6/7/2021 | New treatment center focuses on reconnecting mothers with children
- 6/7/2021 | Freedom Manor Opens To Help Women Struggling With Addiction
- 6/7/2021 | Fishing Challenge
- 6/4/2021 | Preparations Underway for 13th Annual Minnesota Fishing Challenge
- 4/28/2021 | Northland Teen Challenge completes major renovation
- 4/24/2021 | DEA Partners with community for Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- 4/21/2021 | Renovations complete at Chatham Building; increase in capacity, additional comfort for clients
- 4/21/2021 | Minnesota Adult Teen Challenge celebrates new campus renovations
- 4/21/2021 | Local Rehabilitation Center Finishes Renovations on Chatham Building
- 3/11/2021 | From the Capitol with Rep. Marion O’Neill
- 3/10/2021 | Changing the narrative in Champlin – Know the Truth comes to Champlin Park
- 3/5/2021 | Organization supports those in recovery with cool new app
- 3/5/2021 | STMA students learn the truth about substance abuse
- 3/4/2021 | Know the Truth provides virtual presentation for Eden Prairie High School
- 2/27/2021 | Apple Valley students hear virtual Know the Truth presentation
- 1/28/2021 | Waseca students learn about substance use prevention
2020
- 12/29/2020 | MN Adult and Teen Challenge hires Rogers resident as director of alumni services
- 12/21/2020 | Pandemic creates perfect storm for those seeking recovery from addiction
- 12/15/2020 | Tackling drug and alcohol abuse during the pandemic
- 12/10/2020 | Recovery advocates worry about increased dangers of COVID-19 for vapers
- 12/4/2020 | ‘It’s beyond an epidemic’: Advocates talk impact of spike in drug overdoses in Minnesota
- 11/23/2020 | DEA ‘Garage Manufacturers’ flooding underground drug market with fake pills
- 11/23/2020 | Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, open and ready to help during the holidays
- 11/12/2020 | Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge making extra effort to reach out to veterans suffering from substance abuse
- 10/8/2020 | Drug and alcohol Addicts facing isolation during pandemic
- 10/5/2020 | Jason Albert Smith
- 9/29/2020 | Know the Truth Updates Curriculum for Distance Learning
- 9/3/2020 | ONE ROCHESTER WOMAN SHARES HER STORY FOR NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH
- 9/2/2020 | Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge Named One of Newsweek’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2020
- 6/6/2020 | Anglers on the hunt for record muskies on lake Vermillion
- 5/27/2020 | Telling the story of God’s protection
- 5/21/2020 | MGSH students learn the truth about substance use virtually
- 5/14/2020 | Substance use prevention program goes online to reach students
- 4/22/2020 | Liberty and responsibility in a pandemic | Our struggles become our strengths
- 4/13/2020 | Dr. Tim Walsh, Vice-President of Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge
- 4/9/2020 | MN Reports 12 more long-term facilities with coronavirus exposures. Here where they are.
- 4/9/2020 | Coronavirus: 11 more die in Minnesota
- 4/8/2020 | St. Anthony teens hear tough talk about drugs
- 4/8/2020 | Crow Wing COVID case is from another county
- 4/6/2020 | Minnesota report 5 new coronavirus deaths
- 3/31/2020 | Coronavirus March 31: Developments across our region
- 3/30/2020 | Coronavirus infection reported in Brainerd rehab center
- 3/30/2020 | Brainerd drug rehab facility reports COVID-19 case
- 3/23/2020 | MGSH students hear truth about substance abuse
- 3/16/2020 | Communities that KARE: ‘Know the Truth’ aims to prevent youth addiction
- 3/4/2020 | Know the Truth Visits Apple Valley High School
- 3/1/2020 | Know the Truth Visits Park Center High School
- 2/19/2020 | Know the Truth substance use prevention program returns to Wayzata High
- 2/3/2020 | Female-focused approaches are big draw for Minnesota women seeking help with substance abuse
- 1/31/2020 | Female-focused approaches are big draw for Minnesota women seeking help with substance abuse
- 1/29/2020 | Know the Truth talks to Eastview High students about substance use
- 1/24/2020 | Students Encouraged to ‘Know the Truth’ about drugs
- 1/14/2020 | Know the Truth’ about drug use
- 1/18/2020 | Know the Truth’ presentation educates local students
- 1/12/2020 | Business People: Former US ambassador Whitney named Dean of Business at St. Kate’s
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