Henderson County Recoveryโข Court celebrates Frist โคGraduate, Signaling Success of Opioidโค Settlement-Funded Program
HENDERSONVILLE, โขN.C. – Henderson County’s Recovery Court program has achieved a important milestone with its first graduate, marking a positive step in addressing the region’s substance use challenges. โThe program, โขfunded by $17 millionโค from a state lawsuit settlement with opioidโฃ manufacturers and distributors, offers โฃa โฃdiversion program for individuals seekingโฃ recovery from addiction.
The program’s benefits extend beyond the individual participants, positively impacting the community, โaccording to programโฃ officials. “Those folks that ordinarily would be cycling in and out of jails and prisons โare actually working, โฃpaying taxes, paying child support, payingโข restitution fees, โno longerโ (Department ofโค Social Services)-involved, because they’re getting โคtheir kids back,” said grabowski, a โขprogram representative. She โalsoโค highlighted the ripple effect of โคrecovery,noting that it often extends to spouses and family โขmembers.
The Recovery Courtโค alsoโฃ represents a financial benefit to the state byโค reducing the costs associatedโข with incarceration. Henderson County was the first in North Carolina to utilize opioid settlement funds to establish a recovery court.
“In aโ county this size, to have โขan adult recovery court, and to have one that’s doing such great work, is โreally extraordinary,” Grabowski told the Times-News in october.
Officials are optimisticโ about โthe program’sโข long-term success, with the next โขgraduation tentatively scheduled โfor January. While acknowledgingโ the challenges participantsโ may faceโค afterโข completingโ the structured โprogram, Conway expressedโข confidence in their ability to maintain recovery, noting that support remainsโ available.
Individuals interested in accessing behavioralโค health resources in Henderson County are encouraged toโค contact the โcounty behavioral health office:โข https://www.hendersoncountync.gov/health/page/behavioral-health-resources.
