History

Dr. William "Bill" Jackson and his wife Marienne founded Jackson Recovery Centers, Inc. in 1976. At the time, the Siouxland region had a full continuum of addiction treatment options for adults but lacked specific addiction services for adolescents. Marienne and Bill's love of children and their commitment to Siouxland demanded that the lack of adolescent addiction services be addressed.

With the help of many dedicated and influential members of the community, their dedication, commitment, and hard work created the first program in Iowa to provide residential treatment for chemically dependent adolescents and their families. The corporation was called Gordon Chemical Dependency Center in honor of the Gordon Memorial Hospital, which leased their facility for $1.00 per year.

The field of addiction treatment went through many changes in the late 70's and 80's that transformed our organization:
Siouxland Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse: SCADA was created in 1966 and provided substance abuse prevention and chemical dependency treatment services to the residents of Woodbury, Plymouth, Cherokee, and Ida counties continuously since that date. SCADA focused on providing outpatient, half-way house and preventions services for adults.

St. Luke's Health System: In 1986, SCADA merged with St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, became the "Addiction Center," and combined outpatient and halfway houses with the detoxification and inpatient services. In 1989, Gordon Chemical Dependency Center also affiliated with St. Luke's, under which all services were organized. Through this affiliation, a comprehensive continuum of addiction-related services was assembled within a single corporate entity, St. Luke's Gordon Recovery Centers.

Midwest Iowa Alcohol and Drug Addiction Center: In February of 1995, the assets of the Midwest Iowa Alcohol and Drug Addiction Center (MIADAC) were acquired by St. Luke's Gordon Recovery Centers. This brought services in Shelby, Crawford, and Monona Counties together with the existing service area.

Jackson Recovery Centers, Inc.: In 1998 Gordon Recovery Centers disaffiliated from St. Luke's and reestablished itself as an independent, free-standing not for profit addiction program.

In April of 2002 Dr. Bill Jackson retired as medical director. In recognition of his and Marienne's courage and commitment to those who suffer from addiction, the Gordon Recovery Centers was renamed Jackson Recovery Centers, Inc.
Today Jackson offers a full-continuum of services for men, women, adolescents and families in seven different counties of Northwest Iowa.

In order to honor Bill and Marienne, and show our appreciation to the many people who have sustained their vision, we have created a new recognition club called the Bill and Marienne Jackson Founders Club. We invite you to learn more about the Founders Club and respectfully request your consideration in becoming a member.