Blueprints CEO urges Columbia officials to act on homelessness, offers assistance

Chris Dreisbach, CEO of Blueprints for Addiction Recovery, recently sent the following letter to Columbia’s Mayor Leo Lutz and Columbia Borough Manager Mark Stivers in response to statements about homelessness made by borough officials at a recent council meeting. He urged officials to act on homelessness and offered assistance from his organization's resources to help with the issue.

The letter is published here with permission from the author.

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("Blueprints for Addiction Recovery is a fully licensed and independently accredited addiction treatment network headquartered in south central Pennsylvania. Our unique extended and continuing care programs are designed to assess and treat the complex physical, emotional, spiritual and environmental issues arising out of addiction, mental & behavioral health disorders," according to the organization's website.)