Gaudenzia launches fourth addiction recovery kiosk at Sunbury Police Department. * by MACKENZIE WITT THE NEWS-ITEM * dec 16, 2025 updated 4 hrs ago * 0. SUNBURY - Gaudenzia launched its fourth self-serve kiosk in Northumberland County for people seeking aid for addiction recovery. The newest kiosk is located inside the Sunbury Police Department, 337 Arch St., and will be available 24/7. The kiosk is currently housed inside the department's conference room, but will be moved to the lobby for easy access in the near future, according to Sergeant Brad Slack. The kiosk was provided to the police department at no cost and joins three other kiosks launched in Northumberland County within the last month: Oasis Community Recovery Club, PCC Corner of Hope and the Mount Carmel Borough Police Department. Amanda Elliott, Gaudenzia's central region business development manager, said she reached out to the police department to gauge the department's interest in setting up a kiosk at the department. The kiosk features a video camera and a touch screen. Upon launching a program on the kiosk, it takes about a minute to connect the user with someone from Gaudenzia's admissions team. The user will then complete a screening questionnaire with Gaudenzia's staff, who will determine the required level of care, reserve a bed at an inpatient or outpatient facility and arrange transportation to the facility. "It's really meant to eliminate barriers to treatment and provide a safe, confidential place for someone struggling with drug or alcohol abuse," Elliott said. She said the goal is to get users to a facility in Coal Township, Harrisburg or Ashland on the same day. Setting up the kiosk at the Sunbury Police Department creates a collaboration between public health and safety to offer assistance to people with substance abuse before a crisis were to occur, she added. "We can see the growing drug problems; it's one of the issues we deal with on a day-to-day basis. We're seeing people at their worst and trying to get people the help they need before they're dealing with us or in crisis," said Slack, who has been with the Sunbury Police Department for well over a decade. "It's a much-needed thing, so hopefully people will utilize it," he said. Stan Esteves-Kroh, who is a clinical supervisor at Gaudenzia's Pottsville and Sunbury offices, said he and his colleagues have seen an uptick in people with marijuana and alcohol addictions, and especially methamphetamine addictions. "In our 57 years, Gaudenzia has become a beacon of hope. Working from the inpatient side to the outpatient side, I've seen both sides of people as they come in for treatment and at the end as they're completing an outpatient program. ... Sometimes, people are afraid to walk into my office for treatment. Picking up the phone (to call for help) sometimes is the hardest thing to do," Esteves-Kroh said. Mackenzie Witt can be reached at 570-644-6397 ext. 1342 or [email protected].

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