Guilford County government constantly faces a lot of difficult challenges and now county leaders are planning to take on another one in a major way: Establish and open a Guilford County Women’s and Children’s Recovery Center, a place that will take in mothers with substance abuse problems and also take in their children.
That way the family will be able to remain together while the mother gets help.
The ambitious project is one that Guilford County Commissioner Kay Cashion has wanted to see happen for a long time and now the county is finally moving forward with the project.
The first step in the process will take place on Friday, Sept. 29, when a committee of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. in the large conference room on the third floor of the county-owned Truist Building at 201 W. Market St. in Greensboro. At that meeting, several commissioners and county staff will discuss a timeline for the project as well as begin considering location criteria and other matters.
Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Skip Alston said county staff is already searching for a suitable building to purchase and he added that the new center will meet a need that currently isn’t being met.
Cashion will chair the committee overseeing the project while Commissioner Frankie Jones, Jr. will be vice chair. Commissioner Alan Perdue will also serve on that committee.
The committee is charged with planning and creating recommendations for the center in an effort to provide “well-rounded support” to the community.
Currently, the project’s cost is undetermined and no care providers have been selected.
Can’t wait to see the true cost to taxpayers…if that is possible.
If you got kids,you shouldn’t be on drugs. You should be in jail.
Great, then toss the kids into the foster system and then worry about paying for all their legal issues etc.. when they leave the system broken. Great plan William.
I’d venture that getting the drug pushers and junkies in jail or rehab would go much further than throwing more money at a govt-induced problem.
Need more focus on supplier versus dealers. Dealers are a dime a dozen I would assume. Need to go after the offshore manufacturers and the governments that support them. What you are suggesting has been the lazy failed strategy of law enforcement for years.
Yes, locally, nationally, and internationally. Govt failure in all the same places.
Will men with kids be allowed access to this same program? Does not seem fair if not.
We need actual treatment options for these people. Instead of vilifying them is being morally inferior. People turn to illegal drugs to mask pain. Just like many people get home and have a beer for themselves a drink to ease the stress of the day.
Addiction is a medical issue. I am glad that Guilford County is going to start looking at it. More of a medical issue than just saying throw the bum in jail, put their kids from the system.
These people need help, in our society has failed them for a long long time.