The Opioid Crisis Action Network (OCAN), a non-profit established in 2018 to help those in recovery and educate the public about medical best practices treatment for opioid use disorder, has made their fourth donation to Veterans 4 Recovery Inc, a wellness living home for women in recovery located in Chester, PA. The $800 grant will pay for two months rent for a new resident transitioning out of in-patient treatment. The new resident currently has no income.

Veterans 4 Recovery Inc. was also established in 2018 and has since opened a second home, “4 the people” in Los Angeles California. Shonette Parrilla, Founder of the organization provides support to residents pursuing both, abstinence-only and medication-assisted recovery regimes. The Chester home currently has 5 residents with a capacity of 6. OCAN Co-Founder, Larry Arata, has visited the Veterans 4 Recovery home in Chester three times during the past two years and found the facility meets all PARRS standards. Arata says the Opioid Crisis Action Network is proud to support Veterans 4 Recovery Inc and their residents in need. “Only about 20% of the wellness recovery homes in America support residents pursuing medical best practices treatment and it is important to have more like Veterans 4 Recovery Inc here in Delaware County, PA,” Arata said. “It is also important that the rent is affordable and Veterans 4 Recovery Inc. only charges $400 per month, to my knowledge, the lowest-cost wellness home in the Philly area,” Arata explained.

Ms. Parrilla expressed her appreciation, “OCAN has been one of our most consistent supporters. We have counted on them in our times of need and they have always been there for us. We look forward to a long relationship with OCAN as we partner to help the recovery community.”

Pictured below are Larry Arata and Shonette Parrilla during an OCAN donation presentation at the Veterans 4 Recovery Wellness home in Chester in December, 2019.