Kentucky to receive more than $1.5 million for its Recovery Housing Program

Kentucky Health News

Kentucky is set to receive $1,501,532 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for its Recovery Housing Program, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced May 12.

The program was created by McConnell’s Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through the Effective Employment and Reentry (CAREER) Act.

In 2018, McConnell and Congressman Andy Barr, R-Lexington, introduced the CAREER Act, which was signed into law as part of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. In February, they introduced the CAREER Act of 2025 to enhance the workforce reentry and recovery housing programs created in the 2018 law, according to a news release.

Since becoming law, the CAREER Act has directed nearly $12.5 million to the state, helping hundreds of Kentuckians recovering from substance use disorder.

The Recovery Housing Program, established within this legislation, is a transitional housing pilot program to help states increase access to safe transitional housing for individuals in addiction recovery while they rehabilitate and reenter the workforce.

“Our nation’s substance abuse epidemic has claimed countless lives in communities across the commonwealth,” McConnell said in the release. “The CAREER Act is a crucial tool in our fight to end this crisis, targeting resources into lifesaving organizations that support Kentuckians’ recovery and their reentry into the workforce. I’ve been proud to champion CAREER Act funding over the years, and support these organizations’ heroic efforts as they help Kentuckians break free from addiction.”

HUD will allocate the funding to the Kentucky Department for Local Government, which will then select specific funding recipients. In past years, these federal funds have gone toward building out capacity and access to effective recovery housing across the commonwealth.