{"id":95,"date":"2026-05-11T16:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:36:32","slug":"pima-county-receives-update-on-rehabilitation-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Pima County receives update on rehabilitation facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) &#8211; Pima County has new data on the success of a rehabilitation facility that opened in January and is funded by the One Arizona Opioid Settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=93\">Nancy Guthrie missing 100 days as expert suggests lack of updates could be strategic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sobering Alternative for Recovery Center is a low barrier stabilization site located at South Toole Avenue and East 12th Street.<\/p>\n<p>The report was created by the University of Arizona\u2019s RISE team in partnership with Community Bridges, the company that operates the SAFR Center. After conducting interviews with those involved in the program, gathering patient testimony through exit surveys and documenting patient history, those with the RISE team said they think the program has shown early success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople aren\u2019t just walking through the door, they\u2019re also leaving with connections to the care that they want and need in a more ongoing manner,\u201d said Laurel Jacobs, a professor with the University of Arizona\u2019s RISE team.<\/p>\n<p>In the first three months of its pilot program, the SAFR Center served 138 individuals with 96 percent of them receiving referrals to extended treatment upon discharge.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said her team found a majority of the people who received treatment from the center presented with complex behavioral health, substance use and social needs, including high rates of homelessness and unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat reminds us that this isn\u2019t just a substance use issue, it\u2019s also a whole person issue,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p>The SAFR Center is different from other low barrier, short-term sobering facilities. It is a 15-bed, extended stay center that allows individuals to stay for up to 96 hours, something no other similar center in the county does.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the pilot program is to test whether that extended stay is successful, but it is also meant to decrease the burden on other entities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law enforcement system and the healthcare system can experience a reduction in the burdens on them when patients are going to the SAFR Center instead of going to jail or instead of going to the emergency room,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=92\">Nancy Guthrie missing 100 days as expert suggests lack of updates could be strategic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said after three months, the data shows the program is working. She said early data collection for programs like this is crucial in making sure funding is being used properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCourse corrections can happen now at the right time rather than waiting sometimes years to understand whether a program or an intervention has been effective,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said her research already shows areas of improvement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings like continuing to fill staff vacancies at the center, enhancing access to transportation to the SAFR Center, and strengthening documentation so that we can better track the SAFR Center\u2019s outcomes,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Eller, an addiction specialist with the Pima County Health Department, said he supports continuing this program to increase public health but emphasized that this midpoint summary is just the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order for us to really understand that reduction of burden on law enforcement or in our hospital system, or overall engagement with recovery, we need a lot more data,\u201d Eller said.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said her team plans to continue to do studies on the success of the program as it continues. Eller said while it is not up to the health department as to whether the center will continue past its pilot, he supports putting funds toward sobering facilities.<\/p>\n<p>==============================================================<\/p>\n<p>Are you streaming 13 News?<\/p>\n<p>Watch a free live stream of Tucson Now and 13 News at TucsonNow.Live.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to download the free Tucson Now app which you can find on Apple and Google. <\/p>\n<p>If you are using a desktop computer, you can use your mobile device to scan the QR code below.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=90\">Tucson Fire Department responds to several brush fires at North 14th Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can submit your breaking news or weather images here.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pima County has new data on the success of a rehabilitation facility that opened in January and is funded by the One Arizona Opioid Settlement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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