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Anetwork of recovery housing for people who’ve been through short-term, inpatient addiction treatment programs is opening in Northeast Philadelphia and will begin accepting residents this month, city officials said Wednesday.
The Riverview Wellness Village at 7979 State Road sits beside the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Holmesburg on a 19-acre, city-owned property along the Delaware River. The city has retrofitted six cottages there as part of a $100 million project to address the needs of people with substance use disorders and mental health issues. Many of them also may be homeless.
Inpatient programs will refer people to the wellness village, which has 336 beds, a central meeting house, communal living spaces and kitchens. Another 300 slots are planned for another facility on the property, city Managing Director Adam Thiel said.
Residents will have access to primary health care, mental health care, chronic disease management and other services delivered on site by the Black Doctors Consortium and Merakey, a behavioral health service provider.
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