Agape Community Services broke ground on a 40-acre campus in Sioux City to house a new long-term addiction treatment center that will serve 65 men in a 9-to-12-month residential program. The facility, located near the Woodbury County Law Enforcement Center, represents the culmination of a decade of community planning to address addiction in the region, where Woodbury County ranked 6th for drug-involved overdose deaths in Iowa in 2024.
The center will employ cognitive behavioral therapy, mentorship, and faith-based support as treatment methods. According to Rachelle Rawson, co-founder and executive director, the mission extends beyond sobriety to rebuild residents’ lives within the community, turning them into “husbands, fathers, leaders in the community.” The proximity to law enforcement positions the facility as a resource for referrals and collaborative programming.
Agape received $2 million in funding from Iowa’s Department of Health and Human Services in August 2025 from the state’s share of National Opioid Settlement funds. The organization is fundraising to cover the remaining $1.8 million for construction and another half a million for the first year’s operational budget. Leaders hope to complete the building by June 2027. This represents phase one of the campus expansion, with future plans to add buildings serving women and teens.
This article is an AI-assisted summary. All facts and figures are drawn from the original report: https://www.kcrg.com/2026/05/21/we-need-all-hands-deck-construction-begins-agape-community-services-long-term-addiction-treatment-center/