Tucson Adult Rehabilitation Center

Tucson Adult Rehabilitation Program Transitioning

The Salvation Army currently operates an Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) in both Phoenix and in Tucson to provide no-fee, six-month, residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation services to men and women struggling with addiction. We operate a total of 17 ARCs in the Western U.S.

In recent years, neither the Tucson nor Phoenix program has been operating at full capacity, so to be good stewards of resources and streamline operations, the two centers will be consolidated at the Phoenix ARC. Intake of new program participants at the Tucson center has stopped, and the participants who have not yet completed the Tucson rehabilitation program will be transferred to our Phoenix program.

The sale of donated goods at our Family Thrift Stores in the Tucson area have provided the income to support our Tucson ARC. With the consolidation of the Tucson program with Phoenix, the Tucson thrift store connected to the ARC on 6th Avenue will close, along with the Sierra Vista store, and donation pick-up service will be scaled back. The thrift store on Oracle Road in north Tucson will remain in operation, along with the donation center on Tanque Verde.

Employees of our Tucson ARC who do not find other jobs at Salvation Army programs will receive a  severance package and outplacement services to help them find other jobs.

The facilities being closed will be sold, and the income generated from those sales will be placed in an endowment to support our remaining 17 Adult Rehabilitation Center programs and services.

We feel the most important takeaway is that The Salvation Army isn’t going anywhere; we’re here for Tucson and Sierra Vista, and we’re here for good. We continue to operate our Hospitality House shelter in Tucson and offer social services, food for the hungry, utilities assistance, senior outreach, after-school programs, summer camps, emergency disaster services, holiday support, and worship and community centers in both communities.

 

For further inquiries, please contact:

Geoff Gephart, Divisional Director Community Relations & Development

The Salvation Army Southwest Division

o: (602) 302-7172 | c: (847) 571-8201

Geoff.Gephart@usw.salvationarmy.org