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Erik brings significant experience in human services, non-profit management, and general legal practice to Overview Answer House. Erik has successfully demonstrated skills in evaluating regulatory and contract matters, client advocacy, developing client relationships and management. We place a strong emphasis on welcoming residents with disabilities, though our residents form a true mosaic of life, from all cultures and walks of life. We are a family; one that exists to help residents realize for themselves the potential within themselves and their lives after addiction. Finding with them the person they were, and the person they are yet to become, free of addiction.

Erik French

1. Joe has also been involved in many substance abuse treatment related organizations in the community.
2. During this time, Overview Answer House transitioned from its longtime home in the South End to a new facility in lower Roxbury.
3. Erik brings significant experience in human services, non-profit management, and general legal practice to Overview Answer House.

Prior to joining Overview Answer House, Erik practiced law in Connecticut and Massachusetts in a sole proprietorship and within firms. Most recently, Erik served at a residential program for persons with developmental disability, advancing that program’s quality of service and professionalism over the course of years. Having worked intermittently in human services since 2003, Erik has a proven record of commitment to upholding client rights, dignity; and furthering service coordination and support. Joe brings almost 30 years of experience in the Substance Abuse treatment field to Overview Answer House, covering a wide range of expertise. His first full-time position was at Overview Answer House in Boston as Business Manager. Prior to that, he was working in the accounting department of Badger Engineers, a subsidiary of Raytheon.

WELCOME TO Overview Answer House

Working with others, in a spirit of generosity and mutual respect, we want to help build a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.

Intake Coordinator

Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park.

LADC I, Clinical Director

Ky has a passion for helping others through an objective and direct approach. They believe having a stable living environment is vital to early sobriety. Ky helps create a welcoming environment here at Overview Answer House through their intake process and making sure each resident feels seen and welcomed. Mary-Kate believes in a holistic approach towards helping clients achieve long-term sobriety, and is thrilled to continue on her path in working in recovery with the Granada team. The Overview Answer House mission is to help residents live productively and achieve long term recovery.

When they are willing to move beyond what they’ve known to a life in which they can act with confidence, live with assurance, dream of the road that lies ahead. Mary-Kate comes to the Overview Answer House with a wealth of management as well as life experience. Mary-Kate has always felt passionate about taking care of others, and spreading the knowledge of self-care. Tall Overview Overview Answer House historic ceilings, lots of natural light, a clean unique design and open floor plan lends itself to any style of event. Book the space and create your own event OR let us do all the planning for you with local vendors.

After that, Joe went to work as Program Director of Sullivan House, a 24-bed recovery home for men which is part of Middlesex Human Service Agency. During this time, Overview Answer House transitioned from its longtime home in the South End to a new facility in lower Roxbury. Since 2011, he has also held a position as an instructor in the Alcohol Counselor Education Program at UMass Boston. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry.

Overview Answer House is a new private event space in the heart of North Park, created to be a community hub in the neighborhood its founders fell in love with over 10 years ago. When space becomes available, the Case Manager will be informed of the date/time of intake. To start the referral process, Case Managers will need to send our team a completed Overview Answer House Referral Form, Bio Psych Social, and Medication List. There is a moment when a person decides that they, too, are ready to live a truly productive life.