KEENE, NH – New Hampshire’s Executive Council voted Wednesday to allocate more than $9 million in additional funding for The Doorways Program.

The program was launched in 2019 and is meant to provide treatment and recovery support for Granite Staters with an opioid use disorder or other substance use disorder.

With the $9,789,398 allocated today, the state will have invested a total of $57,826,595 to ensure access to substance use support services statewide, decrease the rate of fatal overdose, and increase access to substance use related health care.

Locally, the Keene Doorway is located at 24 Railroad Street in Downtown Keene and is affiliated with Cheshire Medical Center.

“The Greater Keene area, like much of New Hampshire, has continued to build adequate, low barrier, access to services for behavioral health” said Laurie Butz-Meyerrose, Director at the Keene Doorway in a news release from Governor Chris Sununu’s office. “The Keene Doorway has improved access to medications for substance use disorders, the gold standard for the treatment of opioid use disorder, as well as, offering a wide range of group and individual therapy.”

Between September 30th, 2023 and September 29th, 2024, the Doorway is expected to serve 24,000 people across the state.

“The Doorways initiative has played a vital role in providing individuals across New Hampshire with critical treatment and recovery services – regardless of whether they live in rural New Hampshire or a more urban area,” Sununu said. “Today’s renewed investment in the program will ensure New Hampshire continues the important work being done to curb the harm caused by the nationwide drug epidemic.”

Anyone who is struggling with a substance use disorder or knowns somebody who is should call 211 to be connected to The Doorway. More information on the program is available on Cheshire Medical Center’s website.