The Central Peninsula Hospital is looking to create transitional housing for recovering drug addicts.
Bruce Richards with CPH says the request for $395,000 from the CPGH Plant Replacement and Expansion Fund to purchase a Soldotna property will be introduced to the borough assembly tonight.
Richards: “So that’s part of our Serenity House and behavior health department and it’s for people who would be transitioning out of Serenity House after they do their 30-day in-patient treatment at Serenity House. Many times when people are ready to leave and continue on in recovery in addition, a lot of them don’t have a safe place to go.”
The public hearing is scheduled to be set for February 2.
Richards says $1,105,000 has been received from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services and they have various applications out for other grants.
Richards: “So we’re trying to braid together a bunch of grant funding to put this project together and try to provide a service that will prevent people from coming right out of their in-patient treatment services and giving them a better chance in recovery. The data shows that’s what they need.”
If the ordinance is passed in February, he says the facility’s annual operating costs would be minimal.
Clients will pay rent and although margins would be slim, Richards says the facility would be sustainable.
