Operation UNITE : Unlawful Narcotics Investigation Treatment and Education
Treatment Facilities
It is estimated that Eastern Kentucky currently has less than 10 percent of the capacity needed to meet residential treatment needs for substance abuse treatment. The current waiting time for residential care is typically 4-6 weeks. While it is important to arrest those involved with illegal drug activities and to provide education to keep our youth from becoming drug users, the only way to break the cycle of addiction is to increase the availability of treatment beds.
Operation UNITE works closely to support existing treatment programs throughout southern and eastern Kentucky, but realizes more must be done. Thanks to Fifth District Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers, two new treatment centers – one in Clay County and the other in Pike County – are becoming a reality. Each community was awarded $750,000 in federal funding to construct residential care facilities. In addition, the 2005 Kentucky General Assembly approved an additional $750,000 for each facility from coal severance funds through the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy. An additional $1.93 million in state funding was approved by the 2006 General Assembly.
WestCare Hal Rogers Appalachian Recovery Center
WestCare Kentucky, Inc., a non-profit charitable organization, opened a 34,000-square-foot substance abuse treatment facility in the rural Pike County community of Ashcamp on August 8, 2005, and accepted its first client 14 days later. Currently the facility has 60 beds providing long-term residential substance abuse treatment for adult males who are dependent on alcohol, narcotics, methamphetamine and other drugs. WestCare Kentucky is licensed for 72 beds.
At a ceremony held Sunday, October 1, the facility was formally renamed the WestCare Hal Rogers Appalachian Recovery Center.
The five-acre campus is located on the former site of the Kentucky Youth Academy, which was donated to WestCare in 2004 by Pikeville lawyers Gary C. Johnson and his wife, Anita Johnson.
While a resident at the center, individuals receive counseling using the 12-step process, relapse prevention education, anger management, parenting and cognitive behavioral therapy classes. The average stay is three months; however, patients may be treated longer.
Based in Las Vegas, WestCare has more than 30 years experience providing a continuum of health and human services in community-based environments. In addition to Kentucky, WestCare currently provides services in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and specializes in serving individuals and families historically considered difficult to treat, such as those who are indigent, have multiple disorders or are involved with the criminal justice system.
WestCare Kentucky also operates a Homeless Shelter, Community Involvement Center and a Jail Recovery Program in Pikeville, and a Jail Recovery Program in Floyd County.
Chad’s Hope Center will be operated by Visions of Eastern Kentucky, Inc., a non-profit, faith-based organization. Located in the Burning Springs community of Clay County just west of Manchester, the facility will offer long-term residential treatment programs for adult males.
Groundbreaking for the facility was held on Saturday, June 10, 2006, with Congressman Hal Rogers as the guest speaker. The center is currently expected to open in late February or early March 2008 with 52 beds, eventually expanding to 75 beds.
Chad’s Hope will utilize a holistic recovery model that seeks to transform the “whole” person - mind, body and soul - using a strong spiritual component. The facility is named for Chad McWhorter, who died of a drug overdose in 2004.
To view photos of the facility as it prepares to open click here.
Website: www.chadshopeky.com
Address: 300 Chad McWhorter Lane, Manchester, KY 40962
Phone: 606-599-9716
Operation UNITE works closely to support existing treatment programs throughout southern and eastern Kentucky, but realizes more must be done. Thanks to Fifth District Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers, two new treatment centers – one in Clay County and the other in Pike County – are becoming a reality. Each community was awarded $750,000 in federal funding to construct residential care facilities. In addition, the 2005 Kentucky General Assembly approved an additional $750,000 for each facility from coal severance funds through the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy. An additional $1.93 million in state funding was approved by the 2006 General Assembly. 
WestCare Kentucky, Inc., a non-profit charitable organization, opened a 34,000-square-foot substance abuse treatment facility in the rural Pike County community of Ashcamp on August 8, 2005, and accepted its first client 14 days later. Currently the facility has 60 beds providing long-term residential substance abuse treatment for adult males who are dependent on alcohol, narcotics, methamphetamine and other drugs. WestCare Kentucky is licensed for 72 beds.
Chad’s Hope Center will be operated by Visions of Eastern Kentucky, Inc., a non-profit, faith-based organization. Located in the Burning Springs community of Clay County just west of Manchester, the facility will offer long-term residential treatment programs for adult males.