A new addiction treatment service in Salem is giving children a chance to live in a two-parent household for the first time in their lives.

At the recent celebration of the program’s opening, kids raced around the office space, laughing, as their parents and Marion County staff mingled.

Our Place, housed in an apartment building in northeast Salem, provides free housing to adults and their children as parents go through recovery and receive mental health treatment, employment assistance and other supportive services.

It’s the latest expansion of county treatment and housing services to keep families together while parents navigate addiction treatment and recovery.

So far, three young families have moved into the apartment complex.

For the program’s open house on Oct. 29, Milah Thompso

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