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MHA and Good Road Recovery describe treatment continuum, urge state help to expand beds
Summary
Tribal recovery leaders described a six‑program continuum — hotline, detox, residential treatment, Healing Hearts women's and children's campus, outpatient and sober living — and again pressed the state for IMD waiver support and Medicaid administrative changes to expand local capacity.
Representatives of MHA Recovery Services and Good Road Recovery Center told the Legislative Tribal‑State Relations Committee about the treatment options currently available on the reservation and urged state support to remove administrative barriers that limit local capacity.
Justin Shook, Good Road’s executive director, described the center’s residential and social‑detox operations and said vacancies in state and local behavioral‑health workforces mean patients are often sent out of state. “We have 30 to 50 people outside of the state of North Dakota at any given time because there’s just not enough beds,” he said, summarizing the local shortage and the program’s use of out‑of‑state placements.
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