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County announces "Southside Healing Space" peer-support pilot funded by Dogwood Health Trust
Summary
Buncombe County will open the Southside Healing Space, a peer-support living and resource site at Brown’s Temple CME, funded by Dogwood Health Trust; soft opening set for June 24 and regular operations on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Dr. Norell Armstrong, Buncombe County’s chief equity and human rights officer, presented the Southside Healing Space, a peer-support living space funded by the Dogwood Health Trust.
Armstrong said the pilot grew from work by the fatal overdose response team, community engagement and opioid settlement strategic planning. Buncombe County contracted with Umoja as the lead agency and named community partners to provide peer support specialists, community health workers, psychoeducation and wellness activities.
The Southside Healing Space will be located in the Southside community at Brown’s Temple CME and is intended as a low-barrier, community-based place for people to seek support, mutual aid and connections to local treatment and social services. Armstrong said the program will collect outcome measures such as unique individuals served, reductions in stigma, and connections to treatment.
The soft opening was scheduled for June 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., with regular service days planned for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Armstrong said the pilot will provide quarterly updates to Dogwood Health Trust and a one-year staff report to the board on performance indicators.
Commissioners thanked the team and noted the program’s potential to address overdose prevention, trauma and recovery needs in the community.
