Grant program funds tribal and nonprofit support for sober living fraud victims
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced $6 million in grants to 11 Tribal Nations and nonprofit organizations across Arizona to assist individuals impacted by fraudulent sober living home practices, according to a May 1 statement from the Attorney General’s Office. The Sober Living Home Support Program, funded through Arizona's Anti-Racketeering Revolving Fund, provides up to $500,000 per recipient for compensation, remediation and supportive housing services.
Grantees include the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Native Action Program, Native American Fatherhood and Families Association, Native Health, Navajo Veterans Organization, Tucson Indian Center and others. The funds are intended to address harm caused by fraud involving the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. “Although we can never fully make up for the harm this fraud caused, we can make sure justice is served,” Mayes said.
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