CAPSLO receives $250,000 grant for detox withdrawal center in San Luis Obispo County
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. -- Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, or CAPSLO received a $250,000 grant from Bank of America for their first and only Medically Assisted Withdrawal Treatment Center.
The grant will help build San Luis Obispo County's first and only withdrawal center. The County says around 10 percent of the San Luis Obispo County population struggle with substance use disorder issues and the closest withdrawal facilities are located in Santa Cruz, Fresno and Los Angeles.
The 34 Prado Medically Assisted Withdrawal Treatment Center will be located at CAPSLO’s 40 Prado Homeless Services Center.
The grant will help finish the project. Back in mid-2019, the original funding was secured through the AB109 Funds that were given by the state to help take care of certain populations of offenders. The project also received funding from the Homeless Emergency Aid Program and the Mental Health Service Act along with two large grants from local private donors.
Due to expenses going up due to the rise in construction costs due to COVID-19, CAPSLO reached out to Bank of America to see if they could help fund the center through their investments in family stabilization programs.
“Bank of America works with local agencies to help lift people out of poverty by getting them the critical services necessary to begin establishing stability in their lives once again. Addiction services can play a key role in holistic recovery and is why CAPSLO’s MAT Center is so important for the region, and we were glad to provide the capstone grant to finally help make this long-awaited project a reality,” said Greg Bland, Bank of America president for San Luis Obispo.
The County says the new project will meet the expressed needs of the community, law enforcement agencies, County Drug and Alcohol services, County and local government along with other social service agencies.
“The MAT has been a dream of the community, decades in the making, to help those struggling with addiction locally. I am so grateful to Bank of America for providing this grant to fully fund this Center,” said Elizabeth “Biz” Steinberg, CAPSLO CEO.
The center's doors will open this summer.
Anyone in San Luis Obispo County with a drug or mental health issue can be admitted to the withdrawal treatment facility.
