News
2023
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
