In Case You Haven't Heard…

In late September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded more than $45 million in new supplemental funding to State Opioid Response (SOR) program recipients to focus on sober or recovery housing among young adults. “President Trump has elevated this issue as a key public health and public safety priority,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in announcing the grants. Sober housing for those in early recovery is a safe and supportive alcohol‐ and drug‐free residence where people can live, build stability and work toward independence, HHS noted. Housing, indeed, has increasing appeared essential to recovery.