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Local nonprofit Passenger Recovery reports expansion after opioid-settlement funding
Summary
Chris Tate, director of Passenger Recovery, told the council the group expanded into a larger facility and is serving about 250 people a week with support groups and peer services after receiving opioid-settlement funding.
Chris Tate, director of Passenger Recovery, updated the Hamtramck City Council on the organization’s use of opioid-settlement funding and recent expansion.
Tate said the organization, one of two local recipients of this year’s opioid-settlement funds, moved into a larger facility and is averaging about 250 people a week through support groups, music and arts events. Tate said the group used part of the funding to hire a peer support specialist and thanked the council and mayor for assistance.
“We were one of the two recipients of the opioid settlement funding for this year,” Tate said. “We averaged 250 people that were helping a week through support groups, through music and arts events, and we were able to hire a peer support specialist.”
Tate said the program has a strong working relationship with the Hamtramck Police Department and that the expanded space increased capacity. The council did not take formal action on the update; Tate offered the report as informational and thanked the council for support.
