MCCA Awarded $100,000 to Launch Vivitrol Program for Opiate Addiction
MCCA is gearing up to launch a new program on July 1st that will offer Vivitrol, an opioid addiction treatment to clients at their Danbury outpatient facility. The program is being funded by a $100,000 grant from the Hanley Family Foundation.
With the current opiate crisis rampant throughout Connecticut, MCCA is eager to expand treatment options to meet the growing need with effective evidence-based therapies. Deaths in Connecticut from heroin and opioid overdose doubled in the past
three years, reaching every corner of the state.
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