Fall River – Steppingstone Inc., a substance abuse treatment center, has received a $400,000 federal grant to continue helping incarcerated men with substance abuse and mental health issues before and after they are released from jail.
The three-year grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment will support Project Reentering Offenders Achieving Recovery, a collaborative effort between Steppingstone and the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, for the second time.
“We’re really excited,” said Stepingstone Director Kathleen Schedler-Clark.
Over the last three years, Schendler-Clark said the program has helped dozens of men reentering society.
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