Addiction Recovery Housing in Campbell County

Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services in LaFollette, TN, received funding from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) to develop permanent recovery housing for individuals recovering from an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) through the Tennessee Creating Homes Initiative (CHI).

Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services provided TDMHSAS with the following story about the impact CHI has had in Campbell County:

“Ridgeview’s Permanent Recovery Housing provides seven apartments in Campbell County, where people can begin their road to recovery and reclaim the basic need of a place to call home. One resident, ‘Meghan,’ had been in active addiction for 18 years and involved with the criminal justice system, which led to her losing custody of her four children and ending up alone and homeless.

Meghan’s road to recovery began when she was enrolled in Ridgeview’s Substance-use Treatment Outpatient Program (STOP), where a team of recovery and employment specialists began to assist her obtaining a driver’s license, employment, treatment, and working a plan to obtain custody of her children. Today, she has lived in her apartment for two years, and has obtained full custody of her youngest daughter, while she continues the plan outlined for her other three children to return home.

During a time where scarcity of housing exists in rural areas for people with complex behavioral health need, Ridgeview’s Recovery Housing is providing effective treatment and care, providing a safe, affordable place to call home, and setting people on a course for a healthier future full of purpose and meaning.”

Additional Funding Information:
TDMHSAS Creating Homes Initiative 2.0 funding is awarded annually through a competitive grant process. Grant awards are one-time, so funding is available for new grantees and projects each year.

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