At the end of 2018, Elizabethtown Police Department and Blueprints for Addiction Recovery rolled out its collaborative program called SecondChancePa.  The program is a multidisciplinary community resource program for individuals and families affected by the addiction epidemic. These forces, along with Northwest Regional Police Department, have joined to establish resources in favor of rehabilitation over incarceration, hope over helplessness, life over death.

To date, the program has expanded to almost every police department in Lancaster County and is also working in partnership with the major EMS agencies, the Office of Adult Probation and Parole, and the Lancaster County Prison.  In 2021, we also expanded the program to add Mental Health services to what we can offer to the folks who need our help the most.  

To find more information on this collaborative program and to view recent news clips please see the information below:

• https://www.facebook.com/SCPennsylvania
• https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/new-coalition-of-human-services-government-hopes-to-serve-binns-park-homeless-community/article_73fd21ca-eff8-11ea-94eb-dfb8e74c12d4.html/?origin=facebook_main&fbclid=IwAR2NzBwmwbS8JpJiSQNu6e0zajtY0AXYqFvV0XG8ObjT-8gOH1cD14jaEJA
• https://www.abc27.com/news/local/lancaster/recovery-specialists-to-respond-to-drug-calls-with-elizabethtown-police/1664020203
• https://www.wgal.com/article/addiction-treatment-center-law-enforcement-team-up-for-new-program-to-combat-opioid-epidemic/25737297
• https://fox43.com/2019/01/14/ems-agency-police-departments-collaborate-to-get-addicts-treatment-instead-of-jail-time/