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Health Department pitches reengagement beds, navigators and recovery campus to shore up substance-use continuum
Summary
Mark Levine, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, told the House Healthcare Committee on Feb. 13 that, while Vermont has a broad continuum of substance-use services, the state still has gaps in transitions of care that drive repeated crises.
Mark Levine, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health, told the House Healthcare Committee on Feb. 13 that, while Vermont has a broad continuum of substance-use services, the state still has gaps in transitions of care that drive repeated crises for justice-involved and other people with substance-use disorder.
Levine said the department’s proposals focus on three areas: safe short-term reengagement or stabilization beds, navigators to support transitions from residential settings, and investment in recovery supports and recovery housing. He described the hub-and-spoke outpatient system and residential treatment as existing strengths but said more capacity is needed at certain transition points.
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