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Clanton nonprofit asks Chilton County for $77,500 in opioid-settlement funds to open women'only sober house
Summary
Homegirl Industries requested $77,500 from county opioid-settlement funds to pilot a four-bed sober living house in Clanton for women in recovery, describing program structure and local service links; commissioners directed the group to follow the county'funding request form process.
Homegirl Industries asked the Chilton County Commission on a public-comment night to consider a $77,500 request from county opioid-settlement funds to start a four‑bed demonstration sober living house in Clanton for women aged 18 and older.
The request came from Ralph Hendricks, who identified himself as board president of Homegirl Industries, a Clanton nonprofit founded by Sally Higgins in 2022. Hendricks said none of the requested money would be used for renovations to the historic Hotel Wilson, a project the board has "chosen to step away from." He described the project as a nonmedical residential house for women in recovery with two basic rules: "You stay sober and you work," and an average stay of six to eight months.
Hendricks said the pilot would…
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