KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Detox and residential substance use disorder services are no longer being offered at the Gilmore Community Healing Center in Kalamazoo.
Due to a “financial reality faced by the organization,” Community Healing Centers has made the “difficult but necessary” decision to no longer provide the treatments at the facility on Shaffer Street, according to officials in a release.
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“This decision was not made lightly,” Alisa Otto, CEO of Community Healing Centers, said. “In recent years—especially in the changing nonprofit funding landscape since COVID—many organizations have had to evaluate sustainability. Despite every effort to bridge the gap, the reimbursement rates for these services cover only about half the true cost of providing care.”
Otto continued, “The current funding climate also means that our community cannot sustain services in this space, and we are grateful that other trusted organizations will continue to offer these services locally.”…