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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Bram Sable-Smith | KHN

In Decatur, it’s taking more than Buffett family $30 million to make addiction-treatment center work

Howard Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, gave $30 million to fund an addiction -treatment center in Decatur, where he was the interim sheriff of Macon County. (Bram Sable-Smith / KHN)

DECATUR — The question came out of the blue, or so it seemed to Crossing Healthcare CEO Tanya Andricks: If you had $30 million to design an addiction-treatment facility, how would you do it?

Howard Buffett, the interim sheriff in downstate Macon County, posed that question in 2018 as he and Andricks discussed the community’s needs. When she responded that she’d have to do some research, she was told not to take too long because the offer wouldn’t be there forever.

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