An organization that helps individuals and families in the Lakeshore area achieve economic self-sufficiency and well-being through results-based programming will have more resources at hand thanks to a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Funded by a portion of Wisconsin’s McKinsey & Company Opioid Settlement Funds, the Recovery Voucher Program seeks to provide access to affordable, safe, and stable housing in recovery residences for individuals and their families who are experiencing homelessness and have been diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder.
Lakeshore CAP, which serves Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Door and Kewaunee Counties, was awarded $125,000, one of seven awards statewide totaling $759,800. Created with an initial $2 million investment, the Recovery Voucher Program served more than 150 people in its first year, 2022.
In announcing the current awards, Governor Tony Evers said that “Wisconsinites and their families in every corner of our state have experienced the opioid epidemic firsthand, and they need our help. This is a crisis that requires our urgent attention and action, and these funds will continue our efforts to help folks who are struggling regain their hope, dignity, and health, providing them with the safe, stable housing they need to recover.”
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