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Fla. Treatment Center Seeks Local Control
October 8, 2003

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The Hanley-Hazelden Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., has filed a lawsuit against the national nonprofit foundation that manages its operations in order to gain local control of the facility, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reported Oct. 1.

The lawsuit, filed by Hanley-Hazelden's local board of trustees responsible for fundraising, claims that the Minnesota-based Hazelden Foundation is stalling expansion plans for the 84-bed Florida facility.

The lawsuit also said the foundation has been overcharging the Hanley-Hazelden Center more than $1 million in management fees since 1999.

"The center is being inhibited from the furtherance of its mission," said Michael Carp, a trustee with the Hanley-Hazelden Foundation. "They have been stifling us from improving the facility."

Since 1993, the local board has raised more than $10 million for the center and an additional $3 million in pledges.

The lawsuit asks the court to dissolve the management agreement and allow the board of trustees to run the center.

Tom Galligan, executive director of marketing and communications at the Hazelden Foundation, declined to comment on the lawsuit.

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