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If Your Family Is Facing Addiction in Harrisonburg, You're Not Alone
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If Your Family Is Facing Addiction in Harrisonburg, You're Not Alone
Harrisonburg is a college town. JMU sits right in the middle of it, and that changes the addiction picture in ways most people don't talk about openly.
In January 2023, an 18-year-old high school student from Northern Virginia died from fentanyl poisoning after buying pills from a JMU student in Harrisonburg. The pills looked like 30mg Percocet. They were counterfeit. They contained fentanyl. The supplier was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. The student who sold them pled guilty.
This isn't something that happened somewhere far away. It happened here.
In August 2025, Virginia's First Lady launched the Fentanyl College Ambassador Program at JMU specifically because of the campus connection to the crisis. And the data shows progress: fentanyl overdose deaths in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County dropped 70% between 2023 and 2024. But a drop is not a disappearance. The problem has shifted, not ended.
What's Here and What Isn't
Harrisonburg has outpatient treatment options. Clinical services, counseling, and medication-assisted programs are available locally. If you need a full directory of providers, SAMHSA's treatment locator is the best starting point.
What Harrisonburg does not have is long-term residential recovery. There is no 12-to-18-month program here. There is no Teen Challenge center in Harrisonburg. There are no free residential options in the city.
For someone who needs more than a weekly appointment, the options require leaving the area. And for many families, figuring out where to go and how to get there is the hardest part.
Harrisonburg also has one of Virginia's most diverse populations, including a significant Latino community. Addiction doesn't observe language barriers. SVTC can connect Spanish-speaking families to Teen Challenge programs equipped to serve them.
How We Help
Shenandoah Valley Teen Challenge is about 30 minutes north of Harrisonburg. We are not a residential program. We are a referral ministry. We help families find the right Teen Challenge center based on the specific situation: age, gender, location preference, substance, and what the family can manage.
There's no cost for our help. No intake process. No waitlist to talk to someone. You call, we listen, and we help you figure out what's next.
Or fill out the form on our Get Help page.
For a full directory of clinical providers, visit SAMHSA's Treatment Locator at findtreatment.gov.
Call or text us. No cost. No pressure. Just a conversation about what's next.
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No. There is no Teen Challenge residential center in Harrisonburg. SVTC connects families to programs across the country based on your specific situation. We help you find the right fit.
Outpatient and clinical services exist locally. For long-term faith-based residential recovery, contact SVTC at 540-213-0571.
Celebrate Recovery groups meet at several local churches. For residential faith-based programs, call SVTC at 540-213-0571.
Teen Challenge programs are free or low-cost. They run on donations, not insurance. SVTC helps you find the right one.
Your family doesn't have to face this alone.
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