White Deer Run Allenwood to Lay Off 31 Workers in April 2026

White Deer Run's Allenwood treatment center will lay off 31 employees this spring, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, raising questions about staffing levels at one of Union County's longest-operating addiction recovery facilities.

The cuts, effective April 5, 2026, will eliminate 26 full-time and five part-time positions at the 264-bed inpatient facility on 360 White Deer Run Road in Gregg Township. The center has operated continuously since 1970, making it a fixture in the region's behavioral health landscape for more than five decades.

A spokesperson for White Deer Run told Fox56 that the facility is not closing: "The White Deer Run Allenwood treatment center will remain open and continue to serve Pennsylvanians, guiding recovery for those struggling with substance abuse and addiction." The WARN notice echoed that framing, stating that "between now and April 5th, 2026, White Deer Run Allenwood will work with state and local agencies to ensure an orderly transition."

What remains unanswered is how a workforce reduction of this size will affect daily operations or patient capacity at a campus with 264 beds. No figures on the facility's total pre-layoff headcount have been released, and the WARN filing does not specify which departments or roles will be cut beyond the full-time and part-time split.

The Allenwood location is part of the White Deer Run Treatment Network, which operates 16 programs across Pennsylvania. The network provides detox services, residential rehabilitation, partial hospitalization, outpatient programs, and medication-assisted treatment for adults 18 and older. At the Allenwood campus specifically, programming includes gender-specific tracks, individual, group, and family therapy, experiential therapies, and discharge planning. Staff has included medical doctors, psychiatrists, physician assistants, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, counselors, and therapists.

For a small community like Allenwood in Gregg Township, 31 healthcare jobs represent a consequential loss, particularly in a sector where trained behavioral health workers are already in short supply across rural Pennsylvania. No local or county officials have issued public statements on the layoffs, and White Deer Run has not disclosed whether affected employees will be offered positions at other sites within its statewide network.