Addiction Recovery Grant Given To Morristown's Market Street Mission

MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Atlantic Health System and Morristown Medical Center Community Advisory Board have awarded the Market Street Mission a grant to help further their addiction recovery program for men.

Behavioral health, including substance use disorder, is a priority for the Morristown service area, according to the Medical Center's list of health needs, which the Market Street Mission works to address.

Morristown Medical Center and Atlantic Health System will now be able to collaborate with the Mission to meet this need thanks to the CAB grant.

This grant comes at a critical juncture, as the United States continues to grapple with an opioid epidemic. Preliminary data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics show that more than 107,000 people died from a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending in Dec. 2021.

Opioids, particularly synthetic opioids like fentanyl, were responsible for approximately 75 percent of these deaths. Furthermore, around 3,000 of the total overdose deaths occurred in New Jersey, according to the CDC.

The Mission, which was founded in 1889, works to provide healing to men in Northern New Jersey who are addicted to drugs and alcohol through their various programs.

The long-term residential program at the mission is a 12-step, abstinence-based program that allows residents to rebuild their lives physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually through components such as counseling, work therapy, educational development and life skills classes.

"We have seen great success in our residents changing their lives to become responsible, productive members of the community," mission officials said. "We are grateful for the partnership of the Atlantic Health System and Morristown Medical Center Community Advisory Board that helps us offer our programs to our neighbors in need".

Market Street Mission is a well-established organization with a track record of combating alcoholism, substance abuse, hunger, and homelessness in northern and central New Jersey.

As a private nonprofit, they rely on the charitable contributions of donors to provide over 110,000 meals and 30,000 nights of shelter each year across their three locations in Northern New Jersey.