Two new residential addiction treatment facilities for pregnant and parenting women are coming to Southwest Virginia, addressing a critical gap in care in a region hard-hit by the opioid crisis.
Strong Futures, which will be located in Norton, and Four Truths, in Roanoke, received funding from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority to launch and expand residential treatment options that allow women to keep their children with them in the facility while they go through treatment for substance use disorder.
Residential treatment programs for this population are limited across the state, and nearly nonexistent in far Southwest Virginia. Most resources are concentrated in the Richmond area, leaving a significant access gap in communities hardest hit by the opioid crisis. Yet demand is high. These types of programs treat substance use disorder while also providing the wraparound services needed to break intergenerational cycles of addiction and instability, said Tammy Albright, vice president and chief executive officer of Ballad Health’s behavioral health services…