Clackamas County Breaks Ground on New Recovery Campus for Substance Use Treatment

Clackamas County has broken ground on a new recovery campus aimed at expanding treatment options for adults struggling with substance use disorders. The facility, located at 15301 SE 92nd Ave. in Clackamas, will add 76 beds to the county's system of care once complete.

The campus is being funded through a combination of sources: $13.5 million from the county's Supportive Housing Services measure, $10 million from a governor-directed transitional housing fund, $5 million from state lottery bonds, and $2.5 million in congressionally directed spending. Construction is expected to wrap up by late 2027.

Once open, the campus will offer a fuller continuum of care than many existing facilities in the area — transitional housing, outpatient services, detoxification, stabilization, mental health treatment, residential treatment beds, medication-assisted treatment, care coordination, and peer support programs, all in one place.

County officials have pointed to the project as a response to a persistent gap in treatment capacity across the region — one that's affected not just Clackamas County but neighboring communities that have long sent residents elsewhere for detox and residential treatment beds. Having transitional housing, outpatient care, and residential treatment co-located is meant to make it easier for someone to move through different stages of recovery without having to restart care at a new facility each time.

For families in Lake Oswego, West Linn, and other Clackamas County communities dealing with a loved one's substance use, the new campus represents one of the larger local investments in treatment infrastructure in recent years. It'll be a while before the doors open, but the groundbreaking marks a real step toward addressing a need many local families already know firsthand.