Pandemic Poses Unique Challenges For Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, COMBAT-funded treatment agencies are continuing to serve their clients the best they can under difficult circumstances.

The global public health crisis poses unique challenges for all these agencies, but especially those operating residential facilities or recovery houses—places where practicing “social distancing” isn’t necessarily easy and runs counter to addressing the social isolation many people with a substance use disorder can feel.

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“We are normally a very huggy community. Not hugging people is difficult for us.”

'Financial Hit' Already Impacting Those In Recovery

They have or, at least, had jobs—the men and women who call Healing House home, the women seeking a fresh start at the Sisters In Christ recovery houses, the men undergoing treatment at Benilde Hall.

The COVID-19 pandemic’s economic toll is being felt by many of these individuals as they live with uncertainty while striving to continue their substance use disorder (SUD) recoveries. Several have already been laid off.

And the agencies serving them know “there’s going to be a financial hit—a hard hit—coming.”

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“There’s fear of getting sick and fear of losing your job, and our [SUD] disease can be very fear-driven”

Pandemic Has COMBAT-Funded Agencies Taking Precautionary Steps

COMBAT funds nearly 100 programs throughout Jackson County that offer prevention and treatment services.

We will be posting changes those agencies are having to make in response to the Coronavirus pandemic as they are reported to us. Some agencies have closed their physical locations, but are continuing to try and deliver services via the phone or through online options like Zoom.

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