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Wayne County approves $2.5 million grant to help build Access Recovery Center in Dearborn
Summary
The Wayne County Commission approved a $2.5 million grant from opioid settlement funds to support the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in constructing a 51,000-square-foot Access Recovery Center in Dearborn, part of a roughly $25 million project backed by other public and private funds.
The Wayne County Commission on April 3 approved a $2,500,000 grant services contract to the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) to support the construction of a new Access Recovery Center in Dearborn.
The county’s director and health officer, Dr. Abdul Sayed, described the funding as coming from the county’s opioid settlement allocation and said the contribution is part of a larger financing package. “This is a 2,500,000 allocation, from the county's opioid settlement funding, to construct what we believe is going to be a foundational hub, for substance use, recovery, and care,” Dr. Sayed told commissioners.
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