With the help of some U.S. Department of Agriculture funding, a new substance abuse facility is under construction in Midland.
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Ten Sixteen Recovery Network is building a new residential treatment facility on Isabella Road; the network has several other facilities in mid-Michigan.
The USDA Rural Development agency for Michigan agreed to loan the recovery organization $1.1 million over 40 years to build the new facility, and also gave Ten Sixteen $250,000 in grant funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Ten Sixteen Recovery Network put up $510,000 toward the project, which totals a little over $1.8 million and will hold 20 beds for substance abuse treatment patients.
USDA Rural Development state director James Turner says the project fits well with the agency's goals.
"USDA Rural Development's mission is to improve the quality of life for rural Michigan residents," says Turner. "This project will help provide a place of solace and healing, and enhance medical care for people in need."
Ten Sixteen is a nonprofit organization that started in Midland in 1979, and offers counseling, prevention services, and residential treatment for substance abuse in Mount Pleasant, Gladwin, Big Rapids, Clare and Midland.
The group purchased the 18-acre property, a former horse farm, with the support of the Herbert & Grace A. Dow Foundation, the Strosacker Foundation and the Gerstacker Foundation.
Groundbreaking on the 7,500 square-foot facility has already taken place.
Writer: Sam EgglestonSource: James Turner, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
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