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Utah becomes first state to adopt Trump administration’s faith-based recovery model

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A White House delegation recognized Utah on Monday as the national leader in reorienting homeless services and addiction recovery around faith and community. The model forgoes big-government intervention in favor of government incentives that empower communities to nurture self-reliance in troubled individuals. Central to the theory espoused by President Donald Trump and Gov. Spencer Cox is that programs have long neglected America’s greatest force multiplier: religion. For the people Trump tapped to lead his response, this focus is personal. Joining Cox at the state Capitol were the co-chair of Trump’s Great American Recovery initiative, Kathryn Burgum, and its executive director, Monty Burks. A bright future for American faith? Reasons for optimism in Latter-day Saint data Both are in their second decade of recovery after substance abuse disorders dug them into pits they say only spiritual remedies could lift them out of again. “This journey of addiction and recovery is all about bec