MASON CITY — A Mason City drug treatment provider is among those recently awarded a total of $10 million in grants from Governor Reynolds to expand or improve facilities or develop sober-living housing options in a statewide effort to better serve Iowans impacted by the ongoing opioid epidemic.
Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare in Mason City is getting a total of $2 million for the renovation and new additions for therapy offices lost when they were repurposed for a methadone clinic.
It’s one of six organizations awarded a total of more than $8 million in Iowa Opioid Treatment and Recovery Infrastructure Program grants. The grants will assist in the new construction and expansion of current treatment and recovery facilities as well as the rehabilitation of existing structures.
Reynolds in a statement says the grants will strengthen prevention, treatment and recovery efforts, giving Iowans struggling with addiction a chance for healing and a better future.
The grants leverage federal American Rescue Plan Act funds and are administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Iowa Finance Authority.
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