The SAMHSA SOAR TA Center (SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery Technical Assistance Center) was discontinued by SAMHSA on August 18, 2025, due to changes in federal policy priorities, which ended the provision of national technical assistance, online courses, and the SOARWorks website. While the national center is gone, SOAR remains a best practice that can still be used locally, with communities encouraged to continue supporting the SOAR process by downloading resources from SOARWorks before the site was taken offline and by seeking out and leveraging local and state-level funding and best practices.
What Happened
- Discontinuation of Funding: The current administration discontinued funding for the SOAR TA Center, leading to its closure on August 18, 2025.
- Policy Change: This action was described as a result of changing policy priorities at the federal level.
- Loss of Resources: The closure meant the end of national technical assistance from the TA Center staff, the discontinuation of the SOARWorks website and its resources, the SOAR Online Courses, and the SOAR Online Application Tracking (OAT) system.