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'Treatment First' is Trump Administration's Solution to Addiction and Homelessness
The Trump administration is encouraging community leaders and state-based groups to pursue a “treatment first” strategy when it comes to tackling the joint problem of addiction and homelessness across the country.
TL;DR
- The Trump administration is promoting a "treatment first" strategy for addiction and homelessness.
- This approach encourages community leaders and state-based groups.
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner released a toolkit.
- The toolkit is for federal, state, local, and private sector groups.
- It aims to incorporate addiction recovery into anti-homelessness programs.
- This "treatment first" strategy contrasts with "housing first" or "housing only" models.