Provincial government funds recovery community near Métis Crossing
As a part of the Alberta Recovery Model, the Government of Alberta has partnered with the Métis Nation within Alberta to build a recovery community, implementing treatment based on its culture and practices.
Born of a $35 million investment, the facility will be known as the Healing Waters Recovery Community and is expected to house 75 long-term treatment beds that can support up to 300 people per year during their path to recovery, officials say.
“This investment shows our government’s commitment to working with Indigenous communities in providing culturally-safe addiction treatment. I am excited for this to move forward and hear about how lives are changed,” says Rick Wilson, minister of Indigenous relations.
The Alberta Recovery Model is a system of care launched by the provincial government in an effort to support those suffering from addiction in their pursuit of recovery. The services made available through this model are providing a continuum of care including prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery.