JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Alisa Health in Jonesboro will receive a $3 million grant to create a residential treatment program for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
On Friday, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced $15 million in grant funding to fund infrastructure improvements to help people with substance use disorders, mental illnesses and intellectual disabilities.
“Vulnerable Arkansans need help and they deserve to receive that help in modern, functional facilities,” said Governor Sanders. “My Administration is committed to supporting our most at-risk citizens, and these grants will build a continuum of care that helps Arkansans at every stage of life.”
Alisa Health will use the Therapeutic Community for Adults with IDD grant funds to create a 16-bed therapeutic community that will provide stepped-up support from costly inpatient psychiatric treatment for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral health diagnoses, according to a news release.
Other grant types and recipients include:
Children's Community Reintegration Grants will fund new buildings to serve as home environments for children, transitioning from costly and restrictive environments with support. Grant recipients are:
Western Arkansas Counseling & Guidance Center, Fort Smith – $4 million United Methodist Children’s Home, Little Rock – $1 million
The Adult Substance Abuse Residential Treatment Facility will fund improvements to existing facilities that provide 30- to 60-day treatment programs for adults suffering from substance abuse disorders. Recipients are:
Harbor House, Fort Smith – $1,842,004 ARVAC Lake Pointe Recovery and Wellness, Russellville – $2,157,996
Youth Supportive Housing Unit Grants fund the construction of apartment complexes to house youth with behavioral disorders who have been removed from group homes or other services provided by the Department of Children and Family Services or the Department of Youth Services. Recipients are:
Rainbow of Challenges, Inc., Hope – $3 million
Beneficiary organizations provide Medicaid care in community-based settings to patients in specialty areas.
“The funding announced (Friday) will create a suite of additional services that will improve the continuum of care for both youth and adults struggling with substance use disorders, mental illness and intellectual disabilities,” Homeland Security Secretary Christy Putnam said. “I am pleased that these investments will translate into services that will fill gaps in coverage and ultimately positively impact the lives of Arkansans who need this assistance.”
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