Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is announcing $1.3 million in grants for
community-based substance abuse treatment and recovery service across West Virginia
Seven providers will receive grants through the Justice
Reinvestment program.
One grant will help fund a new, 60- to 100-bed Mercer County
Smaller, six- to 10-bed treatment facilities in Marshall and
Wood counties would benefit. So would outpatient and treatment programs in
Kanawha, Logan, Marshall, Mercer and Wood counties.
The funding will help hire counselors and specialists in
multiple counties.
The largest grant, totaling $440,000, will go to Healing Place Huntington
Other recipients include Northwood Health Systems, Mid-Ohio
Valley Fellowship Home, Harrison County Commission, Logan-Mingo Area Mental
Health and Prestera for Mental Health Services.
Tomblin says the grants will help reduce prison overcrowding and
drug abuse.
