About SAH

Treatment that
actually changes lives.

State of the Art Healing LLC is a for-profit behavioral health treatment organization based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We provide integrated treatment, housing, and employment pathways for people in recovery — 1,000+ clients, 200+ staff, 250+ housing units, and zero grants.

SAH was built because the existing system wasn't designed to solve the problem. We built something that is.

The Problem

Why SAH exists.

Most treatment programs stabilize people and send them back to the same environment that made them sick — no housing, no job, no plan. Then they call it treatment.

The Revolving Door

Without housing, employment, and community - stabilization is temporary. The majority of people who complete standard treatment relapse within a year (NIDA, 2020). We built a model to change that number.

The Compliance Problem

Most systems measure compliance: Did the patient show up? Was the form filed? SAH measures outcomes: Is this person's life measurably better? Are they housed? Employed? Connected?

The Silo Problem

Housing is one system. Treatment is another. Employment is a third. None of them talk to each other. SAH built one integrated system - because disconnected programs produce disconnected people.

The Difference

Not another treatment center. A different model entirely.

Standard Treatment	SAH
Treats addiction as an isolated medical problem	Treats the whole person - clinical, housing, employment, community
Discharge when clinically stable, regardless of housing or employment	Three-year structured pathway - stability in every domain before independence
Measures activity: appointments kept, forms filed	Measures progress: real behavior change tracked in real time
Housing and treatment are separate systems that don't talk to each other	Housing, treatment, and employment are one integrated system - one record
Traditional staffing models	Staff accountability tied to quality of care and professional standards

Leadership

Built by people who've been
in the room.

Paul Chavez

Chief Executive Officer

LPCC #CCMH0211021 · NM Broker #17203 · GB-98 #353981

Paul Chavez holds a Master's in Counseling from UNM, an LPCC (#CCMH0211021), a NM Qualifying Broker license (#17203), and a GB-98 contractor license (#353981) - the rare combination that made it possible to build a recovery ecosystem instead of a program. He founded State of the Heart Recovery in 2020 with zero grants and zero VC. Five years later: six entities, 1,000+ active clients, 250+ beds. He now leads SAH as the operational center of that model.

Anna Golding

President, State of the Art Healing LLC

LADC CAD0197021 · OTP Operations · Joint Commission

Anna is the operational architect of State of the Art Healing. With nearly a decade of executive leadership across opioid treatment programs, she oversees clinical operations, Medicaid compliance, workforce development, and technology integration for the full SAH ecosystem. She holds an LADC license and has led organizations through CARF audits, regulatory expansions, and multi-site growth across New Mexico.

Treatment that actually changes lives.