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LifeHouse reports services expansion after Eddy County opioid-settlement grant
Summary
LifeHouse (formerly Carlsbad Lighthouse) told Eddy County commissioners it is using opioid settlement funds to expand overdose response, a diversion/crisis receiving area and community education; the group reports serving about 500 clients a month and plans a remodel to open crisis receiving space later this year.
Eddy County commissioners heard an update May 27 on services funded by the county’s opioid-settlement award to Carlsbad Lighthouse, presented by county manager Mike Gallagher and Phil Houston, executive director of LifeHouse.
LifeHouse told the commission it is serving more than 500 clients a month for mental health and substance-use needs and is using settlement funds to support an overdose response program, a crisis-diversion/remodel project and community education and training.
The update explained why the work matters: the county’s award was intended to expand local behavioral-health supports so people who overdose or experience a behavioral crisis can be routed to treatment rather than jail or a hospital. "Our mission is to change the mental health and substance use outcomes…
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