McCall Foundation grant supports repairs

TORRINGTON— State Rep. Michelle Cook (DTorrington) and Rep. Maria Horn, D-Salisbury, recently commended the state’s Nonprofit Grant Program award of $171,000 to the McCall Foundation in Torrington.

The McCall Foundation, a private, nonprofit behavioral health agency dedicated to substance abuse recovery and prevention, will allocate the grant money for several capital repairs, according to a release. The repairs include a replacement of the roof and gutters of the McCall House Intermediate Residential Program; window replacements at the Carnes Weeks Center Intensive Residential Treatment facility and at the foundation’s outpatient clinic.

“I am pleased to see the state invest in the capital infrastructure of Connecticut’s nonprofits in order to allow nonprofits to focus on enhancing the quality of services they provide to members of the community,” Cook said in a statement. “The foundation has assisted in thousands of residents in Northwestern Connecticut on their journey to recovery.”

The McCall Center for Behavioral Health has been an important asset in Litchfield County providing individual-centered programs to prevent substance use and abuse, provide coping and resistance skills and strengthen family bonds, among many other valuable services, according to the release.

“The McCall Center has been paramount in our State’s fight against the opioid epidemic, which has disrupted the lives of our state’s residents,” said Horn, who represents the 64th House district, in a statement. “I am eager to see the center continue having a positive impact on the community it serves and this necessary funding will continue the nonprofit’s mission to prevent and treat addiction.”

The Nonprofit Grant Program was established in 2013 by the Office of Governor Dannel P. Malloy as a way to support nonprofits and provide them with funding for one-time capital projects. Since its inception, the program has provided a total of $105 million in funding to Connecticut’s nonprofits.

Ben Lambert / Hearst Connecticut Media Maria Coutant Skinner, executive director of the McCall Center for Behavioral Health in Torrington, discusses addiction, opiates and efforts to work with young people with the Northwest Hills Council of Governments in 2017. The McCall Center recently received a state grant for $171,000, which officials say will be used for infrastructure improvements and repairs.