About

Since its inception in 1973, Ebony House, Inc. has provided effective quality behavioral health programming in the community. It is the only residential substance treatment facility in Phoenix, Arizona – that consistently targets African Americans. The organization was founded by a recovering alcoholic, Elbertzena Fontenot. She saw a need in the Phoenix black community for a treatment facility that would address alcoholism. Since its beginnings, Ebony House has evolved to treat individuals of all ethnicities with substance abuse or behavioral health issues.