$9.2M Grant To Fund New Gateway Foundation Recovery Home

AURORA, IL — Gateway Foundation, a nonprofit providing addiction treatment for adults, is expanding. The center, with a facility in Aurora, received $9.2 million in state funding to build a 32-bedroom recovery home, officials announced.

Gateway Foundation's Aurora Treatment Center, located at 400 Mercy Lane, is one of 16 community-based treatment centers in Illinois. The new 18,777-square-foot addiction recovery home will be fully ADA-complaint and include a reception area, private family meeting room, kitchen and dining area, and a residential wing. There, patients will find counseling rooms, a group room and common area, living suites and an outdoor area.

Groundbreaking is set for September, officials said.

"The expansion of our Aurora facility and the development of Recovery Home services adds an additional component of care in our efforts to assist Illinois citizens in the battle of fighting addiction," Marc Turner, Gateway Foundation interim president and CEO, said in a statement. "This state funding allows us to treat even more patients in the western suburbs, giving them a foundation for a strong recovery."

Foundation leadership, staff and alumni as well as local and elected officials gathered in Aurora Wednesday to celebrate the funds, coming from an Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity grant.

State Rep. Barbara Hernandez shared remarks at the event and spoke of the importance of the expansion.

"We need to continue providing addiction treatment services that bring dignity and respect to the citizens of Illinois," Hernandez said. "We need more funds to go towards recovery and treatment, not incarceration and prisons."