Hall of Fame Health Teams with Samaritas
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (July 29, 2025) – Hall of Fame Health announced today that it entered a strategic relationship with Samaritas, a Michigan-based nonprofit social services organization. This collaboration will make many of Samaritas’ services, expertise, resources, and experience available to the children and families within the communities of athletes and military veterans that Hall of Fame Health serves.
Samaritas has developed proven resources to help children and families in times of crisis and walk them through these challenges with mental health support, substance abuse disorder treatment and recovery assistance, and other tools so that individuals and families live healthier lives.
“I am so impressed with the Samaritas mission, their values, and the success that they have had positively impacting lives,” said Jeremy Hogue, CEO of Hall of Fame Health. “We seek to meet the needs of the former athletes, like former NFL players, and former soldiers, like our Green Beret combat veterans. When those individuals struggle, it impacts the entire family and certainly the children. Being able to lean on Samaritas is an incredible opportunity.”
Hall of Fame Health serves the families of former NFL players and military veterans nationwide.
“These two organizations are working together to begin to fill a void,” said Jarrett Irons, board member for Hall of Fame Health, executive advisor to Samaritas and a former athlete. “NFL alumni and veterans are often representative of society. Throughout here in Michigan and across the country, too many people have too few options for mental health care. Together, Hall of Fame Health and Samaritas have the opportunity to create a model of care, starting with these two populations.”
The Hall of Fame Health and Samaritas strategic partnership includes the following:
- Samaritas professionals will be available to support the children and families of the Hall of Fame Health community.
- Hall of Fame Health will work with the athletes and soldiers supported by the organization and seek to promote and create enhanced experiences that will help Samaritas fulfill its mission.
Initially, efforts will be focused within the state of Michigan. Both Hall of Fame Health and Samaritas will explore ways to broaden the geographic reach of the partnership in ways that expand the impact that both organizations can make.
“As we work to meet an increased demand for mental health and substance abuse disorder services, we need partners to help us expand our mission. Hall of Fame Health gives us the opportunity to serve the children of Michigan’s military and NFL families,” said Samaritas CEO Dave Morin. “In a recent season, there were more NFL players from Detroit than any other city in the country and Michigan was a top-10 state for producing pro football talent. Our community values football and, with defense as one of our largest industries, military service. We appreciate the opportunity to combine our deep community expertise with Hall of Fame Health’s national reach and specialized care models to deliver accessible support to meet critical moments of need. This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to serving those who serve us and to creating a stronger, more resilient Michigan for the families who have given so much.”
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About Hall of Fame Health
Hall of Fame Health was created in 2020 at the behest of Hall of Fame NFL players who sought to make more healthcare resources available for their former teammates who were struggling with health care issues. Initially started as a partnership with the Pro Football Hall of Fame and solely available for NFL players and their families, Hall of Fame Health is “By the players, For the players” and is growing to serve other elite athlete communities and has extended its platform to serve select veteran organizations like the Special Forces Foundation. Hall of Fame Health is an expansive nationwide network of resources across the healthcare spectrum, including the best of the best health systems, medical groups, treatment centers, and biotech companies. And including physical medicine, behavioral health, and access to the latest technologies, treatments, and therapies. Hall of Fame Health provides its communities with concierge-level service, assisting individuals and families with navigating to the very best resources to meet them in their time of need. For more information, please visit www.HOF-Health.com.
About Samaritas
For over 90 years, Samaritas has grown to serve and transform the lives of over 38,000 individuals each year through 60 program sites across the entire lower peninsula of Michigan. Our skilled team of professionals provides essential, life-changing services to some of the most vulnerable Michiganders, including people living with substance use disorder, refugee families and youth looking for peace and opportunity, kids in the foster care system needing safety and stability, children with a goal of being adopted and finding their forever family, and many more. For more information on Samaritas, visit Samaritas.org.
Learn About the Hall of Fame Behavioral/Mental Health Services
https://hof-health.com/behavioralmental-health/
View a Samaritas Success Story
https://youtu.be/iJaghqIC_3g?si=ySoUeu0K-bBgB9W