CLEAN Cause Foundation and UT Steve Hicks School of Social Work Awarded Grant from FIRST Fund
Addiction Research Institute, CLEAN Cause Foundation awarded $1 million grant to improve recovery housing
Austin, TX, March 8, 2023 – CLEAN Cause Foundation, in partnership with the Addiction Research Institute at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a grant to improve the sustainability of recovery housing for individuals in recovery from substance use disorders (SUD). The FIRST Fund, which is managed by the Austin Community Foundation, awarded the grant, which reflects one of the final distributions made pursuant to the fund’s interest in providing support to charities in areas that insurance does not cover. The FIRST Fund’s advisors are Max Sherman, Allene Evans, Holly Sherman Peña, and Lynn Sherman.