Joy
Joy Eckstine, Executive Director since 2005, is a licensed clinical social worker and CAC III (certified level III addiction counselor), brings enthusiasm and energy to her position with Carriage House and as an advocate for Boulder’s homeless. Most recently, Joy was responsible for supervisory and administrative tasks in the Outpatient Behavioral Health Services at Denver Health serving methadone clients and general substance abuse clients. Joy has years of experience with the homeless and with people with both mental illness and substance abuse problems. In the past, she has clinically coordinated multiple mental health programs in the criminal justice system and has worked for mobile psychiatric crisis teams. Her first position working with the homeless was at the Pine Street Inn in Boston, a large emergency shelter and she is delighted to return to her professional roots.