The Department of Commerce is discontinuing the Recovery Residence Operating Funds program as of June 30, 2024. Organizations interested in obtaining start-up funding to establish new Level II or Level III recovery residences, as defined by the National Association of Recovery Residences, should contact the Washington Alliance for Quality Recovery Residences (WAQRR). WAQRR is administering this program on behalf of the Washington State Health Care Authority. Funding under this program pays for costs of establishing new recovery residences, including rent and mortgage assistance. The intent of the program is to increase the number of Level II and Level III recovery residences across Washington.
Category: Recovery Residence Operating Fund
Funding Availability – Recovery Residence Operations Funding
The Washington State Department of Commerce is soliciting applications from eligible entities who wish to establish new Level II or Level III recovery residences, as defined by the National Association for Recovery Residences. Eligible applicants include operators of existing recovery residences who seek to establish a new recovery residence, or non-profit behavioral health organizations seeking to establish a new recovery residence. The Washington Alliance for Quality Recovery Residences (WAQRR) will be issuing an identical Notice of Funding Availability on behalf of the Washington State Health Care Authority near the end of 2023. Applications received by Commerce but not funded due to lack of funds will be transmitted to WAQRR for funding consideration.
This funding opportunity closes at 4:00 p.m. PT on Friday, December 15, 2023.
2023 Legislature appropriated renewed funding for new recovery residences
The 2023 Legislature appropriated renewed funding for new recovery residences to Commerce for the biennium that begins July 1, 2023. It also appropriated a significantly larger amount to the Health Care Authority for the same recovery residence startup activities. Both agencies are working together to develop a streamlined approach to contracting these dollars. We hope to avoid administering two identical programs.
While that solution is being developed, Commerce will release an application on or near August 1, 2023 solely for recovery residences who received their first recovery residence contract July 1, 2022. Commerce intends to issue step-down grants to the eight recovery residence operators for a maximum award of $47,000 per contract.
Recovery residence operators who received their second award on July 1, 2022 will not be eligible for a third year of assistance.