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Colleton County marks National Recovery Month and hears treatment-provider update on local services
Summary
The council proclaimed September 2025 as National Recovery Month. A local treatment director described services, including free opioid services when funding is available, evening sessions and annual service counts of roughly 1,200 clients across prevention, treatment and recovery.
Colleton County Council proclaimed September 2025 as National Recovery Month and received a brief update from local treatment staff on available services, capacity and outreach.
The council read a proclamation recognizing National Recovery Month and the 2025 theme, "Recovery Is for Everyone." After the proclamation, the county's treatment director, identified in the meeting as Sephora Williams, provided a summary of services and training.
Williams said the program treats substance use disorders and often sees clients with co-occurring mental-health conditions through a "dual-diagnosed" program, and that the agency works with the local mental-health department to coordinate care. She said the county-led treatment effort has been operating about 25 years and that staff have experience making referrals to detox and inpatient treatment around the state.
Service volume and access: Williams said the treatment operation sees more than 1,200 people per year across prevention, treatment and recovery services; she estimated the treatment program serves about 700 clients per year. The program offers evening assessments and groups to accommodate people who work, and opioid-related services are provided at no cost to clients when funding is available under opioid-specific grant programs.
Why it matters: National Recovery Month proclamations are ceremonial, but the council used the occasion to hear practical service information about access, dual-diagnosis care, evening hours and referral networks. The numbers provided give a sense of local demand and capacity for substance-use treatment.
What was said on the record: "We have a dual-diagnosed program," Williams said, describing the agency's treatment for clients with both substance-use and mental-health disorders. She added, "We see over 1,200 people in our treatment program per year," and that evening services are available to reduce barriers to care.
Next steps: The proclamation encourages county residents to observe Recovery Month with events and programs; the agency signaled continued community education on harm reduction, stigma and naloxone administration training later in the fall. The transcript did not include specific budget figures for treatment programs or named funding sources besides general references to opioid funds and coordination with state programs.
