Behavioral healthcare is often described by its programs. Residential treatment. Outpatient treatment. Recovery housing. Care management. Community Supports. This description is accurate. But if we stop with describing discrete programs, the likelihood of failed recovery increases exponentially. ARS is not operating a collection of substance use disorder treatment programs. We are building an integrated behavioral health care recovery system. The difference matters. A progr

The newly released 2026 Point-in-Time Count found that homelessness in Solano County declined by 10.6% since 2024. Even more significantly, unsheltered homelessness declined by 11.5%. This is not a victory lap. On one night in January, 1,543 people were still without a permanent home, including 1,271 people living unsheltered. Chronic homelessness increased by 9%. Behind every number is a human life shaped by forces that are rarely simple: the rising cost of housing, shrinkin

Real recovery is often quieter and more courageous than the caricatures culture gives us.