White Deer Run Allenwood to lay off 31, facility stays open

White Deer Run’s Allenwood addiction treatment center planned to lay off 31 employees by April 5, while keeping its 264-bed campus open on White Deer Run Road in Gregg Township, a move that could affect care in Union County and beyond.

The WARN notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry said the cuts covered 26 full-time workers and five part-time workers at the facility, which sits at 360 White Deer Run Road in Allenwood. White Deer Run said it would work with state and local agencies during the transition, and also said the treatment center would remain open and continue serving Pennsylvanians.

The Allenwood program is one of the best-known addiction treatment sites in the region. It first opened in 1970 and has long operated as a 264-bed inpatient facility focused on adults 18 and older. The layoffs are significant because the campus is not just a workplace, it is part of a health care safety net for people seeking detox, residential rehabilitation, partial hospitalization, outpatient treatment and medication-assisted treatment.

White Deer Run Allenwood is part of the broader White Deer Run Treatment Network, which operates 16 programs across Pennsylvania. That network structure means a staffing reduction in Allenwood could have effects that go beyond one building, especially if the cuts change how many patients the campus can take in, how quickly people can move through treatment, or how much strain remains on the workers who stay.

For Union County, the loss of 31 jobs also lands at a longtime local employer that has been part of Allenwood for more than five decades. In a community where health care jobs matter and where addiction treatment remains a pressing public issue, any reduction in staff at a facility of this size can ripple through households, patient schedules and regional access to care.

WARN notices, which the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry maintains as notices of company layoffs or closings, are designed to give workers and communities advance warning before a shutdown or major staffing cut hits. In Allenwood, the notice signals a facility in transition, but not one closing its doors. The center stays open, yet the staffing change raises fresh questions about how much care it can deliver, and how quickly displaced workers can land on their feet.