KENAI — The operators of a residential drug treatment facility at a Soldotna hospital are seeking funds from the state to become central Kenai Peninsula’s first medical detox center.
The Peninsula Clarion reports that coordinators from Serenity House have applied for a state grant to fund a new detox facility. Although Central Peninsula Hospital operates the drug treatment center, the area still doesn’t have a designated facility where people can go to safely detox from drug use.
If the state grant gets approved, then Serenity House intake coordinator Shari Conner said the new detox center would be located near the hospital’s campus in downtown Soldotna.
She said part of the grant would fund education and access to other services for people struggling with addiction.
