“We’ve been turning away about 10 people a day who request detox services,” Kathy Bray, president and CEO of Volunteers of America Utah, said. “And that’s just a huge need in the community that many people can’t get in because we don’t have enough beds.”
Sabrina Carey, a recovery assistant for the Volunteers of America, gives a tour of one of the sleeping rooms at their new facility — Recovery on Redwood in Glendale on Friday, July 14, 2023. The new 75,000-square-foot campus looks to help more Utahns battle substance abuse addiction.
The first floor has 130 beds, many of which are now covered in plastic, but as soon as July 17, will be occupied by men in treatment for substance abuse. “No matter what, we’re expanding 50 beds,” she said. “We’ll decide whether we bring [women] here in the long run and do some additional expansion, or whether we let them stay out there in Murray and just have men in here.”
Since April, when the organization started testing its open access model, they have assisted around four to six patients every day. Those who can’t fit into the therapists’ daily schedules are prioritized for the next day.
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