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Addiction recovery nonprofits facing financial troubles

Harbor Homes set to be $400,000 in red by June

Addiction recovery nonprofits facing financial troubles

Harbor Homes set to be $400,000 in red by June

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Addiction recovery nonprofits facing financial troubles

Harbor Homes set to be $400,000 in red by June

More financial troubles are arising in New Hampshire’s network of substance abuse treatment facilities.>> Download the FREE WMUR appHarbor Homes, which helps people struggling with addiction in Nashua and operates that city’s Safe Station program, which offers 24-hour help to people battling addiction at city fire stations, is expecting a major deficit within months. Gate City Mayor Jim Donchess addressed the issue in his State of the City address on Tuesday. “Harbor Homes is providing medical detox and treatment options, but these treatment programs cost a lot of money, and are currently causing Harbor Homes to suffer a deficit of $400,000,” Donchess said. “More support, though, from the state of New Hampshire and from Medicaid, would be a huge help."Harbor Homes still has more than $1 million to fund Safe Stations, but the deficit is expected by the end of June. Since Safe Station was introduced in Nashua, the number of fatal overdoses has gone down, and more than 1,300 people have been taken into treatment since the program started. Harbor Homes is not the only Granite State recovery center in crisis. The state recently took over Serenity Place in Manchester, which ran that city’s Safe Station program, and Hope for New Hampshire Recovery announced it will close centers in four cities, keeping only Manchester open. Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig pointed out that these programs are nonprofit. “We've got to look at funding sources that are sustainable for these organizations, and how we can help that from a local level as well as a state level,” Craig said. Harbor Homes is asking for contributions from other towns that send people there, launching an online fundraiser and hoping federal resources kick in in the fall.

More financial troubles are arising in New Hampshire’s network of substance abuse treatment facilities.

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Harbor Homes, which helps people struggling with addiction in Nashua and operates that city’s Safe Station program, which offers 24-hour help to people battling addiction at city fire stations, is expecting a major deficit within months.

Gate City Mayor Jim Donchess addressed the issue in his State of the City address on Tuesday.

“Harbor Homes is providing medical detox and treatment options, but these treatment programs cost a lot of money, and are currently causing Harbor Homes to suffer a deficit of $400,000,” Donchess said. “More support, though, from the state of New Hampshire and from Medicaid, would be a huge help."

Harbor Homes still has more than $1 million to fund Safe Stations, but the deficit is expected by the end of June.

Since Safe Station was introduced in Nashua, the number of fatal overdoses has gone down, and more than 1,300 people have been taken into treatment since the program started.

Harbor Homes is not the only Granite State recovery center in crisis. The state recently took over Serenity Place in Manchester, which ran that city’s Safe Station program, and Hope for New Hampshire Recovery announced it will close centers in four cities, keeping only Manchester open.

Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig pointed out that these programs are nonprofit.

“We've got to look at funding sources that are sustainable for these organizations, and how we can help that from a local level as well as a state level,” Craig said.

Harbor Homes is asking for contributions from other towns that send people there, launching an online fundraiser and hoping federal resources kick in in the fall.