CARITAS In Richmond, Virginia Opens New Center With Women’s Shelter & Recovery Programs

CARITAS in Richmond, Virginia opened a new CARITAS Center social service hub. It features the Healing Place for Women’s residential recovery program with 160 beds, a 24-bed emergency women’s shelter, a furniture bank, classroom space, and 47 sober-living apartments for program graduates. The center will house CARITAS administrative offices, and will offer leased office space for its community partners. The new CARITAS Center cost $28 million.

CARITAS will continue to operate the Healing Place for Men at its old location, which is nearby. Together the two Healing Place recovery programs can serve about 300 participants — 180 . . .