September 13, 2022
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman David Trone (all D-Md.) revealed $30,000 to aid women in healing from substance use reenter the workforce in Western Maryland. This financing will be granted to Brooke’s House in Hagerstown through the Appalachian Regional Commission’s INSPIRE competitors and will support truck-driving training and wraparound services for women in healing from substance use.
” The opioid epidemic has actually taken the lives of a lot of Marylanders however the graduates from Brooke’s House act as effective examples that healing is possible with the best support. After the death of their own child from dependency, Dana and Kevin Simmers established Brooke’s House– a community-based treatment center that assists women go on to live complete and efficient lives. This fall, I was lucky to fulfill them in addition to a few of the amazing women who had actually finished their treatment at Brooke’s House and hear their stories. This federal financial investment will assist Brooke’s House continue to support recovering women and guarantee their success. I will keep working along with Brooke’s House and other neighborhood partners to safe federal financial investments that assist offer support and task training for Marylanders in healing,” stated Senator Van Hollen.
“Brooke’s House does vital work to both assist girls get rid of substance use conditions and prepare them to effectively reenter the workforce when in healing. Their dedication to supporting our neighborhoods and fighting the continuous opioid crisis is good,” stated Senator Cardin. ” Group Maryland is happy to safe this financing, which will assist Brooke’s House locals efficiently shift into work through trainings in high-demand abilities such as truck driving. I ‘d like to thank Brooke’s House for all that they do and look forward to our continued collaboration.”
” I have actually had the honor of working carefully with Kevin Simmers and the Brooke’s House household because the start, and I could not be more pleased with the effect they have actually made on the lives of their locals and neighborhood,” stated Congressman David Trone. ” This financing will enable Brooke’s House to continue its exceptional work to support more women in their healing and assist them prosper through significant workforce advancement. I look forward to continuing to interact to modification lives and ending the opioid crisis when and for all.”
Brooke’s House supplies a community-based, safe, and mentally helpful living environment for adult women in the early phases of substance abuse healing. Offering a home-like center, Brooke’s House makes sure state-of-the- art treatment and healing services and resources to aid locals move on to accomplish their imagine living drug-free and efficient lives. Brooke’s House was established by Kevin and Dana Simmers to honor the life of their child, Brooke Simmers, who lost her life to an opioid overdose in 2015.