Beaver County Behavioral Health Plans New Pennsylvania Addiction Treatment Facility

Beaver County Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is evaluating three bids for a 39-bed addiction treatment facility in Beaver Falls, PA. The $2.8 million project is funded through county reinvestment money from HealthChoices, the state's Medicaid program that has accumulated over several years. The new facility will offer non-hospital detox and rehabilitation services; the chosen provider will decide on the facility's final location.

While the county has not yet seen bed shortages, an upward trend in opioid use and overdose in the past year suggested that problems may be imminent. This facility will help alleviate . . .