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The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) is awarding more than $1.2 million to expand access to recovery housing and recovery support services throughout Pennsylvania for young adults 18–24 years old who have opioid or stimulant use disorders. DDAP is awarding grants to nine Single County Authorities (SCA) to fund the effort.

Currently, there are about 430 DDAP-licensed recovery houses across the Commonwealth. The purpose of the Administration’s licensure program is to help empower sustained recovery for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) by ensuring a network of safe drug and alcohol recovery houses. Drug and alcohol recovery houses are required to be licensed in order to receive referrals from state agencies or state-funded facilities or to receive federal or state funding to deliver recovery house services.

The grant funds will be used to supplement existing resources, ensuring that current services are expanded rather than replaced, and that recovery housing remains accessible and safe through Pennsylvania.

DDAP is awarding nine grants, which will run through September 30, 2026, to the following SCAs serving 14 counties:

  • Berks County Council on Chemical Abuse: Berks County
  • Blair County Drug and Alcohol Program, Inc.: Blair County
  • Columbia Montour Snyder Union Drug & Alcohol Services: Columbia, Montour, Snyder, and Union Counites
  • Delaware County Department of Human Services, Division of Drug and Alcohol Programs: Delaware County
  • Erie County Office of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Erie County
  • Lackawanna/Susquehanna Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs: Lackawanna and Susquehanna Counties
  • Somerset Single County Authority for Drug and Alcohol: Somerset County
  • Westmoreland Drug & Alcohol Commission, Inc.: Westmoreland County
  • York Adams Drug and Alcohol Commission: York and Adams Counties

Read the full press release.

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Last March, the Departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and Community & Economic Development (DCED) announced the availability of more than $1 million in grant funding for recovery houses to provide safe housing for individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder (SUD). The grants, funded through the $1.2 million awarded to Pennsylvania through the SUPPORT Act from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), are designed to assist existing recovery house facilities with physical upgrades to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and ordinances, including the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, which is needed to receive a recovery house license through DDAP.

The federal government requires DCED to annually report on the performance of the state’s Recovery Housing Program. The annual report can be found on the DDAP website.

Comments on the Recovery Housing Program Annual Performance Report may be emailed to David Grey, Chief of Compliance, Center for Community and Housing Development. Comments will also be accepted by telephone by calling 717-787-5327 or through written comments submitted to:

David Grey
Center for Community and Housing Development, Department of Community and Economic Development
400 North Street, 4th Floor, Commonwealth Keystone Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225

All comments must be received by 12:00 pm October 30, 2022.

For more information about this comment period, email David Grey or call 717-787-5327. For more information on this funding opportunity and to apply visit Funding Opportunities.

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The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) released Information Bulletin 01-22 today. The purpose of the bulletin is to remind all recovery houses in Pennsylvania, as well as entities who refer individuals to recovery houses, of several requirements of the recovery house law (Act 59 of 2017). A letter from DDAP Secretary Jennifer Smith communicating details of the bulletin was issued today to all stakeholders, as well.

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