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.
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.
Not another treatment center. A different model entirely.
Built by people who've been in the room.
SAH is run by clinicians, operators, and builders — people who understand recovery from the inside out.
Paul Chavez
Chief Executive Officer
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
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.