GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- Guilford County has big plans to open up a long-term substance abuse recovery facility and a women and children substance abuse center, but they are behind schedule. The women and children’s center will move into a Gibson Park facility, but before they can do that, the current program needs to move out and into its new space on Lees Chapel Road. The facility on Lees Chapel Road was initially expected to open up around this time, but there has been a holdup. Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman Skip Alston said since this is the first-of-its-kind recovery center in the county, there were some things they were not expecting. It will take time to get more licenses and approvals, and the building itself needs a new generator and air conditioning unit. All of that will take about another year to complete. “We are dealing with people’s lives, and we want to be able to do something transformative,” Alston said. There is one opportunity to do this the right way. “It is very difficult and very limited. The number of beds available for longer-term treatment. You will see 28-day programs. You may see a 90-day program, but it is very hard to see programs that are beyond that,” Chief Program Officer at Daymark Michelle Ivey said. Daymark currently runs the short-term treatment at the Gibson Park location and will move into the new facility at Lees Chapel Road as soon as it is ready. “It is expanding the length of the longer-term program. We are able to do a little of that now, but we will be able to provide more care to more individuals in the newer program with the way the building is set up,” Ivey said. Their current space at Gibson Park will be handed over to volunteers of the America Chesapeake and the Carolinas. “This is a program that is ... empowering that mother and the family to remain together in a healthy environment,” said Dr. Ron Flack Jr., the vice president over Volunteers for America Chesapeake and the Carolinas. There will have to be some modifications made to the building before they move in. “Ensure our spaces are family-oriented, child-proof... We always want to ensure that we are intentional about who can actually have space, some beds and some spacing. If a mother comes with multiple children, we again accommodate those things,” Flack said. They expect to open in about a year and a half, but it all depends on how soon the Lees Chapel Road project is complete. “We are not waiting. There is a lot of work that is happening behind the scenes,” Flack said. Both new centers hope to change lives and get people permanently off the streets. “We don’t want to just put people into a shelter and let them stay there overnight and not treat their symptoms that caused them to be victims of homelessness,” Alston said. Alston added that help is coming, and the results will be well worth the wait. “These are folk’s children, brothers, sisters and husbands and wives, and they need care, and this is a way for them to get care in their community and be involved in their community, continue to see their children, continue to be able to engage with their family, and that helps recovery,” Ivey said. Once they get all the glitches worked out, they hope to open the Lees Chapel Road facility next fall. Then Alston said the work can begin to open more long-term recovery centers. He says this is just the start to address the need.