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Board hears faith‑based residential recovery pitch as option for opioid‑settlement funds
Summary
A one‑year, faith‑based residential recovery community (Meno Life) asked supervisors to consider it as an option for opioid‑settlement money; presenters described a sawmill‑based work model, housing plans and local partnerships.
Jeff Martin, director of Meno Life, described a one‑year residential recovery program that combines work (a sawmill producing swamp mats), communal living, faith‑based programming and job placement support. "We're a one‑year program," Martin said, noting that the model asks participants for a year-long commitment, that the first 30 days include a hard disconnect from phones, and that the program typically hosts 5–8 men per house.
Martin said Meno Life has partnerships with local contractors and churches and reported recent expansion to additional acreage and plans for more houses and greenhouse farming to help sustain operations. The board said the proposal represented a locally based option for opioid settlement money and asked staff to review whether program costs and the funds’ usage rules would permit the appropriation; staff agreed to vet the program against the opioid‑fund restrictions.
