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State highlights recovery housing, PATH and outcome‑based services as tools to reduce homelessness

Human Services Interim Committee · November 19, 2025
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HHS officials told lawmakers the Recovery Housing Assistance Program (RHAP), PATH and outcome‑based models such as Community Connect and Free Through Recovery help participants exit homelessness and reduce substance use; officials said RHAP (started May 2022) has served more than 1,600 people with strong short‑term housing and substance outcomes.

Department of Health and Human Services behavioral‑health leaders briefed legislators on programs that pair housing assistance with addiction and mental‑health services.

Pam Segnus, executive director for behavioral health at HHS, described the Recovery Housing Assistance Program (RHAP), which began May 2022 and pays providers for…

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