More addictions help coming for women at-risk or leaving jail

Region’s Recovery Housing to Expand With Opioid Settlement Funds

HARRISBURG, Pa. (EYT) — Westmoreland Community Action has been awarded grant funding to expand recovery housing services in Clarion, Venango, and Jefferson counties as part of a statewide initiative to improve access to licensed recovery houses for individuals with substance use disorder. The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) announced the distribution of more than $2 million in grant funding to five community-based org…

A North Long Beach nonprofit helps parolees and youth in trouble reclaim their lives

The justice system is not always just, something Eba Laye said she witnessed firsthand in her nearly three decades working as a criminal defense attorney. A former foster youth herself, Laye said she saw many occasions where disadvantaged young people received raw deals, sometimes unfairly landing in prison or taking plea agreements that didn’t serve their interests. The experience compelled her to find new ways to help. She started volunteering…

The Heroines Who Take On The Harm

For The Delacorte Review, Adlai Coleman follows Danni Dineen and Donna Coleman, women who work for two different harm reduction programs in West Virginia, a state hit hard by the opioid crisis. Both in recovery, both formerly incarcerated, Danni and Donna meet people exactly where they are because they’ve been there, too. They offer whatever it is someone needs that day or that hour, be it a life-saving dose of Narcan, some water, a sandwich, a …

More addictions help coming for women at-risk or leaving jail

The organization will be expanding harm reduction programming.

Gateway Recovery Micro-Community Opening Soon Following Selection of Operator

Micro-community to offer treatment and support to those with substance use disorder.