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Hopper House seeks county housing support and medical partnership to aid recovery
Summary
Chris Hopper of Hopper House requested housing funds to support sober-living residences (the program described 90 beds, about 80 occupied) and said his organization will partner with a medical provider to add medication-assisted treatment and telemedicine services; the monetary request amount was left unspecified.
Chris Hopper, founder of Hopper House Recovery Center, asked the county for housing-support funding for sober-living homes that he said currently provide about 90 beds (reporting roughly 80 occupied at the time of the presentation). Hopper described the program as faith-based, offering certified peer support, recovery meetings and transitional housing intended to reduce homelessness and recidivism among people with substance-use disorder.
Hopper said Hopper House is working with a medical provider (referred to in the transcript as Dr. Miles; the transcript contains multiple spellings of that name) to offer medication-assisted treatment and telemedicine addiction care alongside peer-support services. He told the board the facility is a 501(c)(3) and that it handles day-to-day programming, transport and outreach largely with privately raised funds and work‑detail revenue; he said he had not presented a specific dollar amount and that the request was "open for discussion." Hopper supplied program metrics: 110 people have completed the program, 22 leaders are former program participants and 7 paid staff support operations.
Board members asked about nonprofit status and about coordination with existing providers and probation referrals. Staff said the county would review allocation criteria and consider how settlement funds or other budget sources might apply. The session included no immediate appropriation.
