DENVER (KDVR) — Wednesday morning, Governor Jared Polis and state leaders were in Watkins to break ground on a first-of-its-kind recovery center with wraparound treatment services using resources they already had to build it out.
The state leaders celebrated the transformation of a youth services building with a troubled past into a place where people struggling with addiction across the state can come and get help.
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Sage Ridge Supportive Residential Community will provide transitional housing, recovery services, job training, and medical and dental care for Coloradans struggling with homelessness or addiction. The building housing the center used to be the Ridge View Youth Services Center.
“This entire, beautiful campus was serving 20-25 youth. And I would also add, not particularly well. There were a number of audits and issues that came out of the performance here. So when we saw it, I was like this was way under-utilized. I mean we could put the effort in to try to fix it for the 25 kids. But there is so much more opportunity here and there is so much more need with homelessness and addiction,” Governor Jared Polis said at a press conference and ribbon cutting for the new space…