SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Father Joe’s Villages Tuesday cut the ribbon on a 44-bed facility providing substance detox services and sober recovery shelter to homeless San Diegans.
Part of the Paul Mirabile Center at 1501 Imperial Ave. and formerly a homeless shelter, the detox facility is the first like it in the city.
“Our hope for this center is that it can be more than a place for people to recover from substance use but a refuge,” said Deacon Jim Vargas, president and CEO of Father Joe’s Villages. “When people have the care they need at exactly the right time, they find hope and the drive they need to leave the streets behind for good and look towards a brighter future.”
Numerous San Diego city and county leaders attended the ribbon- cutting. The facility’s 44 beds increase the county’s total number of detox slots by more than half — there were 78 before the Father Joe’s shelter opening…