News
2025
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Reviews Strategies to Reduce Jail Population
Edhat, Santa Barbara, CA
Sylvia Barnard with Her Tiny Homes and Magical Kitchen Saves Lives
Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara, CA
We should push for a sobering center in Iowa City
The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, IA
Grants Pass PD emphasizes sobering center’s community value and daily usage
Citizen Portal, Grants Pass, OR
How the Tuerk House is helping survivors of a mass overdose in West Baltimore
CBS News, Baltimore, MD
S.F. drug users often reject treatment. They say relationships can open the door to recovery
Mission Local, San Francisco, CA
Tuerk House Announces Contract with Multnomah County to Operate Deflection Center
Tuerk House, Portland, OR
Chico sobering center provides help with substance abuse (~1:10-2:30)
North State Public Radio, Chico, CA
Spokane County hoping to combat opioid crisis with $13M sobering center expansion
KXYL, Spokane, WA
Gateway Center Grows: Medical Sobering Set to Open
City of Albuquerque
King County Establishes Permanent Sobering Center in Seattle
The Center Square, Seattle, WA
Portland Street Response Announces New Policies to Provide Shuttling, Respond Indoors, and Expand Call Types
City of Portland, Portland, OR
Ideal Option Outpatient Addiction Treatment Now in the Gateway Center
Cision PRWeb, Albuquerque, NM
Austin’s Sobering Center Expands to Increase Rehab Services
Austin Monitor, Austin, TX
Austin’s Sobering Center’s new project: Help more people get to rehab
Austin American-Statesman, Austin, TX
Sobering Center Partnership diverts intoxicated individuals from jail to care
Imperial Valley Press, Calexico, CA
Multnomah County Confirms Location of New 24-Hour Sobering Center
Portland Mercury, Portland, OR
2024
Des Moines sobering center staying busy
Axios Des Moines
Humboldt County Launches Ambitious Behavioral Health Initiative
The Pinnacle Gazette, Humboldt, CA
Around the clock sobering center to begin operating in December
Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM
Santa Cruz Sobering Center Benefits Patients and County Justice System
California Health Care Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA
Local Insights: Sobering Center
News Radio KLBJ, 590AM and 99.7FM, Austin, TX
Funding Approved for Portland drug treatment, sobering centers facing a lack of resources
KPTV Fox 12, Portland, OR
New Polk County Sobering Center celebrates with ribbon cutting
ABC5 news, Des Moines, IA
Cencal Health partnering with nonprofits as part of state funded initiative in Santa Barbara
KEYT, Santa Barbara, CA
New Texas Sobering Center Offers Hope and Healing for Addicts
KISS FM 93.1, El Paso, TX
Hundreds march through Portland to raise awareness about addiction and celebrate recovery
The Oregonian, Portland, OR
August 26, 2024
Austin-Travis County Sobering Center Takes an Innovative Approach to a Longstanding Need
Texas Behavioral Health and Justice Technical Assistance Center, Austin, TX
August 23, 2024
Baker County set to launch deflection program for drug offenders
Elkhorn Media Group, Baker City, OR
July 30, 2024
Grand Opening of Horizon Services’ Butte County Sobering Center
Yahoo! Finance, Chico, CA
June 5, 2024
MultCo races to launch sobering center ahead of Oregon drug crime changes
CBS KOIN, Portland, OR
May 22, 2024
Norman leaders discuss possible ‘sobering centers” to help those turned away from shelter
ABC KOCO News, Norman, OK
May 8, 2024
Medi-Cal Expands Services to Provide More Help to Unhoused Californians
Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles, CA
April 26, 2024
Beyond the Doctor’s Office – Reshaping Medi-Cal
Siliconeer, South Asia
April 20, 2024
How Medi-Cal Is Being Transformed For One-Third Of Californians
Asian Journal Media Group, National
April 19, 2024
CalAIM Community Supports Early Adopters: Spotlight on Sobering Centers
California Health Care Foundation, Sacramento, CA
April 18, 2024
‘Fentanyl blocks the pain’: Plans for 24/7 Portland sobering center released as people addicted to fentanyl fight through another day
NBC KGW8, Portland, OR
March 25, 2024
CenCal Health shares 2024 community report
KEYT, Santa Barbara, CA
Mar 3, 2024
Sobering Center and Van Transport Service Proposed for Multnomah County on Ambitious Timeline
The Oregonian, Portland, OR
Feb 22, 2024
Oroville Leverages Opioid Settlement in Pioneering Move to Fund Chico Sobering Center
BNN Breaking, Oroville, CA
Feb 13, 2024
How D.C.’s first sobering center could ease drug and alcohol addiction
Washington Post, Washington D.C.
Feb 13, 2024
Plans back in gear for Portland sobering center to provide emergency care for drug, alcohol users
The Oregonian, Portland, OR
Santa Cruz’s newest sobering center aims to help, no punish those with drug addiction
KSBW Action News 8, Santa Cruz, CA
2023
Sobering centers offer a safe place to recover from intoxication. Every community should have one
STAT, United States and London
Dec 10, 2023
Share the Spirit: This San Mateo man — a former inmate — is now saving lives
The Mercury News, San Jose, CA
Nov 23, 2023
This S.F. program gives homeless people a safe place to sober up — and much more
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA
Nov 15, 2023
For Patients Experiencing Homelessness, Sobering Centers Offer Path to Stability
UCSF School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA
Sep 11, 2023
Sobering Centers with Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, CNL
Horizon Treatment Services Podcast, Hayward, CA
Aug 12, 2023
New Sobering Center Approved for Butte County
Action News Now, Chico, CA
Aug 3, 2023
Butte County health officials celebrate funding to bring more doctors to the Northstate
ABC 7 KRCR, Northstate, California
Jun 22, 2023
HealthCare UnTold: Shauna Goodman, Executive Director of the National Sobering Collaborative on Apple Podcasts
Apple Podcasts
Jun 8, 2023
Kamloops councilor suggests sobering center become first step in broader treatment options
Radio NL 610 AM, Kamloops, B.C., Canada
May 30, 2023
WellSpace’s ‘Crib’ program provides temporary alternative to hospital or jail for unhoused people in crisis
NPR CapRadio, Sacramento, CA
May 6, 2023
2 major milestones reached to open Tri-Cities mental health facility and sobering center
Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Washington
May 5, 2023
An Imperfect Guide to Crisis Stabilization Units: Matching the Right Level of Care to Individual Needs
Psychiatric Times
Apr 4, 2023
The Rise and Fall of North County’s Only Sobering Center
Voice of San Diego, North County San Diego, California
Mar 10, 2023
We applaud the Polk County Board of Supervisors for investment in sobering center
KCCI, CBS 8, Des Moines, Iowa
Mar 9, 2023
Pathways Home: Disrupting the Homelessness-to-Prison Cycle
Policy Research Associates
Feb 28, 2023
A new sobering center is opening up in Des Moines. Here’s what you need to know
Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
Feb 28, 2023
Deaths in custody are a crisis, and data on them is a black hole, a new report says
National Public Radio (NPR)
Feb 25, 2023
Council considers sobering center to divert arrests
The Norman Transcript, Norman, Oklahoma
Jan 20, 2023
Albuquerque medical sobering center aimed at helping strained hospitals
KRQE News, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jan 16, 2023
Victoria to end public drunkenness laws with no new arrest powers for police
The Guardian, Victoria, Australia
2022
Dec 23, 2022
Mongolia County, West Virginia, Quick Response Team is a model for others
WV News, Morgantown, West Virginia
Nov 13, 2022
How much will it cost to make headway in S.F.’s drug crisis? $8 billion according to new court documents
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California
Nov 2, 2022
As Thunder Bay, Ont., inquest prepares to wrap up, consensus emerges on the need for a sobering center
CBC News, Canada
Sep 13, 2022
County OKs $4.4 million for sobering center
Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jun 24, 2022
San Francisco to open a drug sobering center to address meth and fentanyl epidemic and street crisis San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California
May 4, 2022
Seattle downtown homeless shelter gets five-year lease
The Center Square – Washington, Seattle, Washington
Mar 18, 2022
How Sobering Center could minimize police use of force downtown
KXAN, NBC, Austin, Texas
Feb 3, 2022
Renovations at Grand Rapids shelter provide homeless with ‘dignified’ living space
MLive, Michigan
2021
Dec 30, 2021
Officials say sobering center operating smoothly
Juneau Empire, Juneau, Alaska
Oct 21, 2021
Sobering Center Opens in Klamath Falls
The Lund Report, Oregon and Washington
Aug 18, 2021
Sobering Center in Roseburg finally opens
The News-Review, Roseburg, Oregon
Jul 19, 2021
SF experiments with sobering center as new solution to drug crisis
San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California
Jun 28, 2021
Fort Smith police chief talks jail diversion tactics
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas
Jun 6, 2021
Mobile unit in South Bend area could offer cops an alternative to jailing people with mental illnesses
South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana
May 27, 2021
The Link, Sioux Falls’ new triage and addiction center, sets opening date
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Feb 20, 2021
City seeks partners to help fund sobering center project
Yahoo! News, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, West Virginia
2020
Aug 17, 2020
Major Steinberg Unveils $62 Million Plan to Address Sacramento’s Homeless Crisis
KXJZ, Capital Public Radio (Capradio), Sacramento, California
Jun 10, 2020
Farmington says new approach to addressing intoxication yielded positive results
Farmington Daily Times, Farmington, New Mexico
May 11, 2020
Motel steps up to assist Sobering Center during the coronavirus pandemic
Farmington Daily Times, Farmington, New Mexico
Apr 16, 2020
Tulsa’s Sobering Center reopens after temporary closure during COVID-19 outbreak
Tulsa World, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Feb 4, 2020
Mayor Cantrell Celebrates Sobering Center’s Early Progress Heading into Carnival Season
Nola.gov, City of New Orleans, Mayor’s Office, New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 31, 2020
Tulsa Police Officer Helps Man Get Sober, Attends His Program Graduation
KOTV-DT, Tulsa, Oklahoma
