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Forward Health, 6020 Groveport Road, Groveport, OH (2025)

12/11/2025

✨ Celebrating 10 Years of Sobriety ✨

Today our Housing Director, Linda is a cause for celebration, reaching 10 incredible years sober. Her strength, compassion, and leadership shape our housing program and the lives of those who walk through our doors.

Linda, thank you for the heart you bring to this work and the example you set every day. We are proud of you, inspired by you, and grateful to walk this journey with you.

Help us celebrate her! 🎉

11/26/2025

Don't worry about thanksgiving dinner this year….

because Lindsay ateee !!!

(Did we say that right?)

Yeah we definitely did.
Let’s give it up 2x for her heart in helping others.

If you or a loved one is struggling please don't hesitate to reach out during this holiday. We’re here.
🤍

11/21/2025

It’s Friday, and that’s a perfect reason to highlight our incredible staff.

Today we’d like to shine a light on Lindsay Newkirk, an Intake Specialist of ours at Forward Health ⭐

Lindsay is someone whose presence is felt the moment she steps into a room, and the type of person who brings light with her. There’s a reason she’s on the front lines, helping people take steps to change their lives in real time. She’ll go out of her way to make someone smile, she listens with her whole heart, and she genuinely pours herself into every person who walks through our doors. You can feel her compassion before she even says a word.

Lindsay recently told us that “being part of a team who believes in your potential builds a confidence in yourself”, and that she has found that with her department.

In her words, “we build each other to help rebuild others,” and that’s exactly the kind of energy she brings to our program every single day.

Lindsay lives by the belief that healing isn’t a straight line, but a journey worth taking. She reminds herself daily that growth comes from staying honest, staying open, and trusting that faith will carry her through the rest. That mindset shows up in the way she treats people, with patience, grace, and a deep understanding of what real change looks like.

She explained thar she takes pride in welcoming people into a space where they feel cared for, understood, and supported as they take their first steps toward recovery.

And because every great highlight needs one fun twist, most people don’t know that Lindsay is bilingual in Spanish and once lived in San Luis Potosí, Mexico for a year. How cool is that?!

Lindsay, thank you for showing up with purpose, compassion, and a grateful heart; it makes a difference here every single day.

11/21/2025

Important Update for Our Community Partners!

In addition to the insurance providers we’ve been able to accept for years, Forward Health is grateful to announce that we can now accept true dual insurance plans that include both Medicare and Ohio Medicaid/Managed Care coverage.

This expansion allows us to serve even more individuals who need high-quality, compassionate continued care. 💛

If you know someone who’s ready to take a next step in their recovery journey, please keep us in mind. We’re here, ready, and committed to supporting your loved ones, your clients, and our community, intentionally, every step of the way.

11/18/2025

Thank you to our Male PHP Technician Supervisor Case, for meeting our Outreach Director at Clinical Headquarters tonight with a whole squad of our residents to help unload a whole skid of donations !

It’s moments like this that remind us how incredible our team is. Forward Health is truly built on dedication, unity, and people who show up.. every single time.

Our residents are going to have a very nice surprise waiting for them in the kitchen tomorrow morning.

Huge thank you to Jordan’s Crossing for blessing our program and our people. 💛

11/11/2025

Today, and every day, we honor the heroes among us.

At Forward Health, we’re deeply grateful for the veterans who have worn the uniform and carried the weight of our nation’s freedom on their shoulders. Your courage, resilience, and unwavering dedication remind us daily what strength truly looks like.

Many of our clients, staff, and loved ones have served and we see the lasting impact of your service not only in what you’ve given to this country, but in how you continue to lead, inspire, and lift others in your communities.

To all veterans and your families: your sacrifice echoes far beyond the battlefield. Thank you for your bravery, your example, and the heart you continue to bring to this world. You will always have our respect, our gratitude, and our support. ❤️🤍💙

11/04/2025

You know what time it is, Forward Health family!

Today we’d like to shine a spotlight on Linda Nichols, our Director of Housing 🌟

If you know Linda, you know she’s the kind of person who will always advocate for our clients as well as stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her team, no matter what. She’s fierce when it comes to doing what’s right, and funny without even trying (which somehow makes it better).

Linda came in swinging, in the best way.. and brought her big heart with her. In a recent conversation, she shared a belief that resonated with us:

“All you have to do is try to be a better person than you were yesterday. Don’t focus too far into your past.” We couldn’t agree more, Linda.

When asked about her favorite part of working at Forward Health; Linda said it’s the people, both clients and coworkers, who make it all worthwhile. She explained that her team has helped bring her out of her shell and reminded her why she loves this work so much. Plus, after years in a small town, she’s loving being back in the city,
. especially for the food options. Those alone are worth celebrating! (Same Linda, same)

We are proud of everything you’ve accomplished and grateful to have you leading with compassion and strength. We are excited to keep watching you grow and doing so together! Keep up the great work. 💙

10/21/2025

Sometimes, one single step feels impossible. But one step, one phone call can be an entirely new beginning, even if you don’t believe it yet. One moment of hope and support can change everything. 💙👣

If you or someone you love is ready to stop surviving and start rebuilding, we’re here to make that next move easier.

Screening, approval, and scheduling for transport - one phone call, 10 minutes of willingness.

Forward Health is CARF-accredited and Ohio Recovery Housing certified, offering both men’s and women’s residential housing with long-term substance use and mental health treatment.

Our team will go to any length to help an individual begin to rebuild their life, assisting with insurance, food assistance, clothing, hygiene, and other basic needs from the beginning, so you can focus on healing, and growing in life, and recovery.

The weather’s getting cold. We’re losing people, and it doesn’t have to be you. There is no “right time.” There is just time, and what we choose to do with it while we have support, and a chance.

Even if you don’t think you’re ready for treatment, that’s okay: come in, get warm, get stable, and take your first step toward people who care, people who are safe, and who may know a thing or two about what you’re carrying.

Let’s talk about where you’re going.

You don’t have to see the whole staircase, to take the next step forward. We’ll walk it with you. 🤝

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614-567-6274 | 24hr admissions line.
If you can’t call, get to our clinical headquarters downtown, at 211 S. Fifth St. Columbus, OH 43215.

We’ll be waiting with a hug and a cup of coffee.

10/06/2025

A heartfelt thank you to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, honorable Judge Jodi Thomas, and the phenomenal resource partners who brought Operation Bridge to our beloved community.

Real change begins when we choose compassion over condemnation - when we become a safe place for the individuals who feel broken, instead of another wall they find themselves crashing into. Healing happens not through a lens of punishment, but through a lens of understanding. Meeting people where they are, and reminding them they’re valuable. It comes from the hope that’s inevitably felt when we’re seen, supported, and given a way out.

And finally, a special thank you to our very own Lindsay Newkirk. We’re honored to have you, and proud of your journey, your intentional actions taken to help others, and your willingness to speak out on what’s important, in order to help save lives. We stand with you, and we’re glad you stand with us.

So - Let’s keep helping people. Let’s keep growing.

09/24/2025

Good morning, Forward Health family!
You know what time it is.

Today we’d like to shine a light on Will Warden, our Men’s Housing Supervisor at Forward Health! 👏

Will is alwayd willing to lend a hand to staff and clients alike. He lives by the words, “if it is meant to be then it’s up to me.”

He likes to remind us that Rome wasn’t built in a day, and with patience, hope, and hard work, everything will come together.

He told us that what he values most about working at Forward Health is the people. He talked about his gratitude for a compassionate, dedicated, team, one united like family, all sharing the same passion for helping others. He’s proud to know that the work we do makes a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve and contributes to building a better tomorrow. We feel the same way, Will.. absolutely! 💙

Fun fact.. if you didn’t know, Will informed us he is also an incredible cook 🍳 (yes, even if it’s just in the microwave 😂). So, Will, it sounds like you’ve just signed yourself up to make us lunch soon; we’ll be expecting it.

Thank you for your dedication, heart, and your efforts for our team. You are valued - keep up the great work!

09/09/2025

It's about time we highlight our wonderful staff on this beautiful day!

We'd like to shine a light on Shawna Redd, part of our Clinical Transportation team here at Forward Health.

Shawna is the kind of person who sets goals and goes after them, and will do whatever it takes to help others do the same. She recently entered the helping field and is already pursuing her CDCA, with the goal of working directly with clients in clinical care. We are so excited to watch her continue to grow in this space.

When speaking with Shawna, we learned that she lives by the perspective that something good can always come, that there’s a "rainbow after every storm".

She also mentioned, not to our surprise, that her favorite part of working at Forward Health is watching and guiding others on their healing journeys. This truly reflects who she is as a person and her deep passion for people, which is something we can see by her commitment and interest in the work we do every day.

A fun fact about Shawna: while she may come across as quiet or reserved at first (and she’ll be the first to admit it!), once you get to know her, you’ll quickly discover she has plenty to say, and we'd go out on a limb to say it’s always worth hearing.

Shawna, we are so grateful to have you on our team and can’t wait to continue watching you grow, both personally and professionally. Keep up the incredible work!

08/31/2025

Cherished members of our clinical leadership team at Forward Health put together a truly special Overdose Awareness Day event for our residents and clients.

It was a time of reflection, coming together, honoring the lives we’ve lost to addiction and overdose, while also standing together as a community committed to healing and hope. Staff and clients alike came together to share, support one another, and remember why this work matters so deeply.

Our Executive Director, David Palumbo, was present to speak, and share his personal journey with our residents, truly representing what it means to keep going, and know that recovery is possible. His message mirrored how passionate we are about standing together. The night reminded all of us, staff and clients alike, why we continue to fight, grow, and show up for one another every day. As heavy as what the day represents can be, we make it a point to shine a light on the resilience, strength, and hope that exists when we put one foot in front of the other.

Even in the midst of pain, there is light. There is hope. And at Forward Health, that hope is what keeps us moving forward together.
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