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Recovery Cafe asks Jefferson County to help publicize services, seeks grant funding amid cuts
Summary
At its May 29 meeting the Jefferson County Health and Human Relations Commission heard from Recovery Cafe officials about drop in nonprofit grant funding, housing shortages for people exiting incarceration, and programs the cafe runs to help people in recovery. Commissioners agreed to help publicize the group's events and look for grant leads.
Recovery Cafe executive director Michelle Jones told the Jefferson County Health and Human Relations Commission on May 29 that the peer-run drop-in center in downtown Madison is operating with reduced grant support and is seeking donations and new grant funding to continue services.
The cafe, housed in the basement of the old Eddleston (Evanston) building, serves dinner on every day it is open — Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — and offers activities including recovery circles, art, games and once-a-month sober socials. “We believe that everybody is recovering from something,” Michelle Jones, executive director of Recovery Cafe, said. She said the cafe helps people with practical needs such as replacing driver's licenses, finding housing and securing bank accounts.
The commission heard…
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