Oversight for CMDS Fayette House!
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We are fundraising for legal fees to contest the zoning of CMDS Residential LLC, located at 6040 Harford Road (21214). We are an informal coalition of neighbors, neighborhood associations, health care professionals, recovering addicts, and local businesses who supports substance abuse treatment that is patient centered rather than simply profit driven. Current legislation doesn't sufficiently regulate programs for quality of care to ensure any decent level of recovery outcomes. We've grown too used to the idea that there are "good" facilities and "bad" ones.
We support improved urban planning for treatment centers. “Saturation” is a term used to describe the uneven geographic distribution of treatment services. Today there are clinic “deserts” in many parts of the state. And there is “clustering” in some urban communities - where a large clinic, or numerous smaller ones, offer treatment services that significantly outweigh local demand. Quality of care varies, crime rates spike, neighborhoods are heavily impacted, and individuals seeking treatment must travel long distances to receive it.
The Northeast is experiencing treatment center “saturation." However, our main concern relates to CMDS’ poor care and operational safety record. A poorly run, profit driven facility isn't going to help most of its patients recover. And, at this location, it would have a negative impact Hamilton Elementary / Middle School, which is less than 500 feet away. Negatively impacting a thriving public school is not how you fight the opioid addiction crisis! Residents are demanding better planning and oversight.
The need for improved treatment center oversight is an issue that affects communities throughout Baltimore City. By donating to this campaign, you are supporting a movement to improve regulations overseeing the quality of care at substance abuse treatment centers throughout Baltimore City, and to help ensure that medical facilities placed in residential neighborhoods are planned (in frequency and capacity) in a manner that is beneficial for the communities in which they are located.
We support improved urban planning for treatment centers. “Saturation” is a term used to describe the uneven geographic distribution of treatment services. Today there are clinic “deserts” in many parts of the state. And there is “clustering” in some urban communities - where a large clinic, or numerous smaller ones, offer treatment services that significantly outweigh local demand. Quality of care varies, crime rates spike, neighborhoods are heavily impacted, and individuals seeking treatment must travel long distances to receive it.
The Northeast is experiencing treatment center “saturation." However, our main concern relates to CMDS’ poor care and operational safety record. A poorly run, profit driven facility isn't going to help most of its patients recover. And, at this location, it would have a negative impact Hamilton Elementary / Middle School, which is less than 500 feet away. Negatively impacting a thriving public school is not how you fight the opioid addiction crisis! Residents are demanding better planning and oversight.
The need for improved treatment center oversight is an issue that affects communities throughout Baltimore City. By donating to this campaign, you are supporting a movement to improve regulations overseeing the quality of care at substance abuse treatment centers throughout Baltimore City, and to help ensure that medical facilities placed in residential neighborhoods are planned (in frequency and capacity) in a manner that is beneficial for the communities in which they are located.
Organizer and beneficiary
Angela Jancius
Organizer
Baltimore, MD
Angela Jancius
Beneficiary