Chinle Sober Living Center aims to reduce cycle of alcoholism
CHINLE, Ariz. — The Chinle Sober Living Center recently opened its doors and is already working to break the cycle of addiction.
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CHINLE, Ariz. — The Chinle Sober Living Center recently opened its doors and is already working to break the cycle of addiction.
On May 16, as cameras flashed and tribal leaders looked on, Arizona’s governor and attorney general announced a statewide crackdown on behavioral health providers suspected of defrauding the state’s Medicaid program out of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
On Nov. 28, Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley was among several tribal leaders who met with Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and her policy advisors to receive updates regarding efforts to address fraudulent sober living homes in the Phoenix area, which have victimized enrolled members of numerous tribes including the Navajo Nation.
The behavioral health treatment scam targets mostly homeless Native Americans struggling with substance abuse, according to a news release.
On May 16, as cameras flashed and tribal leaders looked on, Arizona’s governor and attorney general announced a statewide crackdown on behavioral health providers suspected of defrauding the state’s Medicaid