JAMESTOWN – Residents seeking long-term assistance in their effort to recover from drug addiction will have an opportunity for additional help in Jamestown.
UPMC Chautauqua WCA announced late last week that it has been awarded $700,000 in state funding for the construction of a 20-bed, long-term residential treatment program in Jamestown.
The program, which will be located at Jones Memorial Health Center at 51 Glasgow Ave., can treat patients for up to a year and is designed for individuals suffering from severe and chronic drug addiction.
According to UPMC Chautauqua WCA, the long-term program will fill a “substantial and significantly-needed disparity” in local services that has been forcing patients to leave the area for care.
“We are becoming even stronger in Jamestown as we expand our efforts to combat the disease of addiction and expand critically needed long-term residential services in the region,” said Betsy Wright, president, UPMC Chautauqua WCA. “Our new residential program is about saving lives and providing individuals with the essential and necessary resources that will allow them to overcome addiction and enjoy life. As a major health care anchor in the region, UPMC Chautauqua WCA’s strategy moving forward will be to encompass the philosophy of community benefit including adding jobs, investing in the improved health of the community, and improving the overall well-being of the people we serve while building an even stronger and healthier hospital, city, and region.”
Local officials and advocates have lauded the announcement, saying long-term addiction support is something the Jamestown area has been in desperate need of.
The state funding is part of an $8.1 million grant awarded to eight addiction treatment providers in seven counties across New York state.
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