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Recovery advocates and clients urge supervisors to keep First Step detox funding
6692303 · October 28, 2025
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Summary
Several people who used or work with First Step told the county board cutting funding for detox services would remove a critical local resource for people with substance‑use disorders and argued the county should retain funding in the 2026 budget.
Multiple residents and people with lived experience of substance use disorders urged supervisors at the Oct. 27 hearing not to defund First Step detox services in the 2026 budget.
Speakers, including clients who credited First Step with their recovery, described the program as a vital…
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