Healing House opens 15th house for drug addiction recovery
'What we do here is help people who have addiction issues. There's so many people dying every day with this fentanyl. It's just heartbreaking,' Healing House Founder and Director Bobbi Jo Reed said.
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Jolene Carter's son Collin Carter, 22, died of an overdose in 2020. The newest house, the Collin House, is named in his honor.
'He had overdosed before, and luckily, I was able to get to him when NARCAN did save him,' she said.
The CDC significantly nationwide and in Kansas and Missouri. The founder of Healing House credits NARCAN for Missouri's 28 percent drop in overdose deaths the past year. In Kansas, drug overdose deaths fell by 15 percent during that same time frame.
'People can say you are just enabling people (supplying NARCAN). If an addict has an opportunity for a new day, one more chance, that may be the day they get it,' Reed said.
Collin's mom wishes she had that chance. It's why she provided money for the down payment for Healing House to open the home on St. John Avenue. The 10 beds will expand their total to 220.
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'The spirituality that comes with healing house to me is the missing part that regular rehabs don't have. It just helps you get all the way through rather than just a part of addiction,' Carter said.
'We have folks now who are buying homes in this community who have gone through this program. So what does that do? That brings new, good life into to our community,' Reed said.
Monday, they plan to sign a construction contract on a building right down the street. It's a Family Enrichment Center with the idea that it really does take a village to kick this addiction.
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