Return To Full Article

You can republish this story for free. Click the "Copy Text" or "Copy HTML" button below. Questions? Get more details.

Opioid Settlement Cash and Homelessness: It’s Not Always Clear How Addiction Fits In

By Aneri Pattani

A man in a light blue hoodie stands in front of a wall where a framed image in rainbow color reads "Everyone is welcome here."
After years of using drugs and living on the street, Jason Fazekas completed nine months of recovery in October and is living in his own apartment. He says it's all thanks to a housing program the state of Connecticut funded with $58.6 million in opioid settlement cash. (Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News)

KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about KFF.

Help KFF Health News track this article

By including these elements when you republish, you help us:

  • Understand which communities and people we’re reaching.
  • Measure the impact of our health journalism.
  • Continue providing free, high-quality health news to the public.
Canonical Tag

Include this in your page's <head> section to properly attribute this content.

Tracking snippet

Add this snippet to the end of your republished article to help us track its reach.