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TI080310-02 | FOUNDATION FOR RECOVERY, INC. | LAS VEGAS | NV | $147,269 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
The Foundation for Recovery (applying as a RCO) will offer the Nevada Statewide Recovery Network Project to promote, support and enhance recovery community and peer recovery support organizations and services throughout Nevada by mobilizing the recovery community for RSS to become an integral part of the integration of physical and behavioral health service systems, and by educating key recovery stakeholder organizations and peers on how to develop best practices and policies and stress the importance of why we need peer recovery support services to sustain recovery in Nevada. For this project, FFR will establish a Recovery Leadership Steering Committee (RLSC) consisting of 16-25 individuals from all 16 counties and one independent city in Nevada to represent the entire state. RSLC members will identify and recruit County Recovery Team members to support FFR and Recovery Stakeholders to establish the following goals: 1): provide and promote skills development with an emphasis on leadership, public relations and communications; 2) identify and seek to address the training and technical assistance (T/TA) needs of peer mentors/specialists (providers); 3) construct and promote, with state and local agencies, service delivery models that incorporate recovery supports before, during, after, and in lieu of SUD treatment; and 4) establish business models that endorse and encourage sustainable mechanisms for institutional providers of RSS. This project will engage 1,000 people connected to the Recovery Community throughout Nevada annually, totaling 3,000 people over a three-year period. FFR will GPRA at least 100 people throughout Nevada on an annual basis for 300 GPRA over the three-year period. Measurable goals: to promote, enhance, and support recovery community and peer support individuals, services and organizations by 40%; increase positive association and awareness of peer recovery support services and Nevada?s Recovery Community by 40%; and establish and/or improve business models that endorse and encourage sustainable mechanisms to enhance the long-term viability for institutional providers of RSS by 40%.
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TI080300-02 | WASHINGTON RECOVERY ALLIANCE | SEATTLE | WA | $148,624 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
The Washington State Recovery Network, led by the Washington Recovery Alliance (WRA), is a multi-level infrastructure and capacity development project to advance Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Recovery Support Services (RSS) in Washington State. The purpose of this project is to elevate recovery community services statewide, focusing on SUD Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS) as an essential, viable, and integrated component of state and local treatment and recovery systems of care. Through this project, the WRA will develop its own statewide infrastructure and capacity, as well as that of regional coalitions and local recovery organizations. Through the SUD RSS infrastructure and capacity gained, this project will impact thousands of Washingtonians in SUD recovery annually, including those from vulnerable populations. The project's three primary goals, with associated measurable objectives, include: Goal 1: Increase the WRA's capacity and infrastructure to serve as a strong and effective statewide hub for PRSS collaboration, connection, and collective action. Objectives: 1.1. Adopt guidelines for membership in the WRA; 1.2. Develop and make available a toolkit with guidance in the development of regional SUD RCO coalitions; 1.3. Increase the number of Washington regions with functioning SUD RSS networks by three. Goal 2: Increase the number and diversity of SUD RSS advocates participating in state, regional, and local policy and planning processes. Objectives: 2.1. Five key state-level policy and planning groups will have the active participation of a WRA governing board member, WRA staff person, or SUD RSSs community ally; 2.2. SUD RSS advocates will be participants on at least 8 local or regional planning and/or policy development groups around Washington which had previously lacked SUD RSS representation; 2.3. 120 members of vulnerable communities (military/veterans, LGBTQ, tribes) will complete public policy and media engagement training around SUD issues. Goal 3: Increase SUD Peer Recovery Support Services in Washington State to ensure they are widespread, viable, and sustainable. Objectives: 3.1. Peer Recovery Coach Certification Standards will be adopted by the WRA; 3.2. The Washington State Health Care Authority and five Medicaid MCOs will have received education regarding the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of SUD PRSS; 3.3. SUD peer coach services will be eligible for Medicaid reimbursement in Washington; 3.4. Train RCOs and other recovery community stakeholders on the integration of PRSSs into their workforce and recovery service model in three regions; 3.5. SUD RCOs in at least four of Washington State's most populous regions will partner with their local insurance outreach and enrollment infrastructure to connect individuals impacted by SUD and insurance enrollment services. Key activities implemented to achieve these goals and objectives will include: relationship development, workforce development, building of regional and statewide linkages, participation in policy and planning forums, and partnering with insurance enrollment entities (FOA activities #1, 2, 3, 5, and 9).
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TI080305-01 | OHIO CITIZEN ADVOCATES FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY | COLUMBUS | OH | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2018/09/30 - 2021/09/29
The Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery (OCAAR) submits this application in support of the project, “Ohio Recovery Community Services Program – Statewide Network” to further strengthen existing recovery community organizations (RCOs) and helping to grow the number of RCO’s across the state of Ohio. The project will serve individuals in recovery in Ohio with a substance use disorder. The goals of this project are to; promote skills development with an emphasis on leadership, public relations and communications, and business management of RCOs; identify and seek to address the training and technical assistance needs of peer mentors/specialists and provide the support needed to ensure they are viewed as equal partners in the SUD/recovery support delivery system; construct and promote, with state and local agencies, services delivery models that incorporate recovery supports before, during, and after, and in lieu of SUD treatment; and establish business models that endorse and encourage sustainable mechanisms to enhance the long-term viability for institutional providers of recovery support services. The goals for this project, along with the measurable objectives, are designed to help the project accomplish three key activities: (1) Develop linkages with addiction RCOs throughout Ohio, (2) Serve as a catalyst for organizational/structural change among recovery oriented institutions by providing training; and (3) Promote the use of PRSS in integrated primary care and within more recently developed community behavioral healthcare models. The measurable objectives are to: identify needs of the addiction recovery communities in Ohio’s five regions; determine key needs related to infrastructure and organizational development for Recovery Community Organizations and provide at least five regional training and technical assistance events per year; identify needs peer mentors/specialists in Ohio’s five regions,; determine key needs related to professional development for peer mentors/specialists and provide at least five regional training and technical assistance events per year; provide at least five training and technical assistance on the use of PRSS to treatment providers and other community organizations in Ohio’s five regions each year of the grant; participate in local and state-level planning meetings where service delivery discussions occur to advocate for the inclusion of PRSS; assess the impact of PRSS upon these service delivery models through a survey that measures both satisfaction with PRSS and the usefulness of PRSS; explore key components that influenced the development of new local recovery support services through an organizational survey to each RCO that is established during the grant period; conduct sustainability planning with RCOs in the five regions of Ohio using the Program Sustainability Assessment Tool from the Center for Public Health Systems Science at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work (https://sustaintool.org); conduct ongoing sustainability follow-up sessions in Y2 and Y3 in the five regions. This project will serve 250 people directly annually and the effect indirectly will be immense due to the impact on RCO’s.
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TI080309-01 | RECOVERY COMMUNITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. | RALEIGH | NC | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2018/09/30 - 2021/09/29
Recovery Communities of North Carolina (RCNC) proposes to strengthen the state’s burgeoning recovery community network through the expansion of peer recovery support services. RCNC has a history of creating peer-run and peer-focused recovery support services thanks to a unique relationship with the NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services – the Single State Agency (SSA). For the past two years, RCNC has collaborated with the NC Division on the implementation and management of the Access to Recovery (ATR) program. Additionally, in 2014, the Division saw the importance of educating the state’s professional, legislative, criminal justice and recovery communities about the importance of a robust recovery-oriented systems of care or ROSC model. Thanks to the allocation of treatment block grant funding, RCNC has been able to help provide technical assistance, direct fiscal support using micro reimbursement grants, and on-going support to four Recovery Community Centers in various regions of the state. Because of the initial allocations for infrastructure, RCNC has assumed the role as the main recovery organization in the state. Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose. Four times more are hospitalized and another eight times more are taken to the emergency room. The goals of this project include: (1) Develop linkages with addiction Recovery Community Organizations throughout the state, (2) Serve as a catalyst for organizational/structural change among recovery oriented institutions by providing training for and promoting the importance of strengths-based, person-centered, and trauma-informed peer support, (3) Promote the use of those with lived experience (PRSS’s) who have been through RCNC’s Recovery Coach Academy training and will be integrated into primary and behavioral healthcare settings. The measurable objectives of this project are to: Provide at least 20 training and/or technical assistance events per year including Recovery Coach Academy trainings, recovery messaging trainings, periodic virtual web conferences, and on-going one-on-one organizational support. Service at least 350 North Carolinians per grant year with the trainings and/or technical assistance which is described above. Average an 80% or higher satisfaction rating from participant on knowledge sharing at technical assistance events Average an 80% or higher usefulness rating from participant on information provided during the technical assistance events An estimated 3,000 people will benefit from this project either directly or indirectly through the trainings and technical assistance events.
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TI080311-01 | POETRY FOR PERSONAL POWER, INC. | KANSAS CITY | KS | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2018/09/30 - 2021/09/29
A comprehensive statewide peer recovery network for addiction and mental illness recovery currently does not exist. This network is needed to support policy change, innovative recovery approaches, and overall coordination of Kansas recovery community organizations. Recovery, currently, is often offered through inpatient and/or residential treatment programs, and funding for these programs is provided either from block grants or providers accessing other grants on their own. These entities have years of experience treating those with substance abuse and mental health issues. But gaps exist due to differences in training, because of demographic differences, the urban versus rural diversity of the state of Kansas, and most importantly, a lack of opportunities for those with lived experience in substance abuse and mental health issues to provide peer-level recovery support for those actively dealing with these issues. Service gaps occur following inpatient or residential addiction treatment. Yes, treatment providers can help detox someone, but what happens when they get out? If they are dumped back in the same environment, they will continue to experience problems. This is why Recovery Oriented Systems of Care are needed. Connecting people to others in recovery, and those who have lived recovery experiences, will enable those in recovery to be connected to a plethora of additional resources and referral opportunities. Our vision is a recovery ready community. A Kansas statewide recovery network is one of belief that only those with lived experience in substance abuse and mental health issues can advocate for those currently needing the benefits of recovery support. Treatment itself must actually be effective, and service providers must be responsive if treatment is not working. Substance abuse and mental health services do have benefit, and there is a need to get positive messages into the community to help lower prejudices against these issues, so that more people can get help when they need it. Through this project, trust will be built among public advocates – those with lived experience. Fully informed, trained, people tend to be connected to the recovery movement. The network with spend the majority of its efforts and resources engaging the community, using different avenues and methods to engage the public – with a better chance at spreading new information and ideas. In doing so, recovery perspective viewpoints will be discussed and implemented in addition to the traditional, yet somewhat ineffective disease-model approaches. Guidance and resources will be provided to those who would like to lead local efforts. Our vision is a recovery ready community, with alternative peer groups, collegiate recovery communities, jail and prison based recovery supports, peer recovery coaching, medication-assisted recovery supports, recovery community centers, recovery high schools, recovery community organizations, recovery residences, and telephone recovery supports. The statewide network will also provide public healthcare messaging opportunities, systems-change advocacy efforts (including advocacy for Medicaid expansion, and supporting workforce efforts of those whose career paths include a focus on patient advocacy and systemic change), and the building of recovery organizational capacity.
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TI080302-02 | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN INDIANA, INC. | INDIANAPOLIS | IN | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
The purpose of the proposed project, Building Networks for Recovery, is to strengthen the Indiana recovery community by increasing, strengthening, and coordinating available recovery resources. The project will develop a sustainable recovery coach membership organization, develop and support regional recovery networks, and develop a statewide infrastructure to support regional recovery network efforts. Over the three year project, Building Networks for Recovery will serve no fewer than 100 people with lived experience by providing recovery coach training and certification, as well as related internship and job placement activities. It will also serve recovery community organizations (RCOs) and other recovery support service providers by providing organizational development training and technical assistance. It will support recovery in Indiana by developing and supporting regional and statewide infrastructure developed activities. Building Networks for Recovery will achieve the following goals and measurable objectives: ? Train at least 100 recovery coaches. ? Certify at least 40 recovery coaches. ? Develop recovery coaching internships in 12 organizations. ? Facilitate and help develop recovery coaching services in 15 addiction treatment, healthcare, homeless, corrections, or similar organizations. ? Provide supervision to 45 recovery coaches. ? Develop a recovery coach membership organization ? the Indiana Recovery Coach Academy. ? Provide continuing education opportunities for peer recovery coaches. ? Develop and support 5 regional recovery support networks. ? Engage 10 recovery residences in regional recovery support networks ? Identify and engage 75 RCOs in regional recovery support networks. ? Develop a statewide infrastructure ? Indiana Recovery Network ? to support regional networks. ? Engage 30 RCOs in statewide Indiana Recovery Network meetings. ? Infuse recovery coaching into 6 statewide conferences.
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TI080304-02 | MASSACHUSETTS ORGANIZATION FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY | BOSTON | MA | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
Speaking out for Addiction Recovery (SOAR) Network in Action The Speaking Out for Addiction Recovery (SOAR) ?Network in Action? grant will expand upon its peer-driven statewide network of more than 30 Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs) to elevate the voice of under-represented RCOs and drive the expansion of peer recovery support services (PRSS) and broader recovery support services (RSS). Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR), as a peer-driven 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization, will administer the SOAR grant. MOAR?s mission is to organize recovering individuals, families, and friends into a collective voice to educate the public about the value of recovery. SOAR has three goals: 1) Add RCOs and emerging RCOs to the existing SOAR Network to represent under-represented groups; 2) Provide a formalized SOAR Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Strategy to support RCOs and recovery allies to advance their recovery missions; and 3) Develop formalized partnerships with recovery allies to inform the development of PRSS/RSS measures and to support the integration of peer models into new and existing service delivery models. SOAR?s target populations will be 1) existing and emerging RCOs serving peer communities currently under-represented in SOAR activities and 2) non-peer recovery allies who can assume an important role expanding PRSS. MOAR will implement measurable objectives through a mix of strategies to achieve our goals. First, we will engage our SOAR Planning and Implementation Committee (PIC) and local and state partners to develop, implement, and sustain culturally-reflective regional outreach strategies. Second, we will partner with Faces & Voices of Recovery, state partners, and recovery allies to design, implement, and sustain our T/TA Strategy. Third, we will partner with local community organizations and providers (e.g., Bay State Community Services and Lahey Behavioral Health Services) and researchers (e.g., Dr. John F. Kelly from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Addiction Medicine) to inform Recovery Coach models and to create a preliminary list of PRSS/RSS measures. MOAR, in partnership with Collective Insight, LLC, will implement a participatory evaluation research process to ensure continuous quality improvement in our grant activities. We will adhere to transparent reporting of our progress to our stakeholders, and we will make timely data-driven changes through a continuous quality improvement process. MOAR requests $450,000 over 3 years to implement SOAR Network in Action and serve 2,300 total people over 3 years. Through these funds, we expect to add 6 RCOs to the Network serving 100 people each per year (18 RCOs over 3 years and 1,800 individuals over 3 years); provide training and technical assistance to approximately 50 individuals per year (150 individuals over 3 years); and pilot PRSS/RSS measures in a minimum of two models (over the 3 years of the grant).
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TI080301-02 | PENNSYLVANIA RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS ALLIANCE, INC. | HARRISBURG | PA | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
The Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance (PRO-A) will expand and strengthen the statewide Recovery Service Community Program (RSCP); foster integration of the recovery voice into our state substance use disorder (SUD), health and other community systems; enhance access to recovery peer support services (PRSS); foster pro-recovery policy/services; and strengthen peer workforce development across behavioral, health and social systems. PRO-A is a nonprofit statewide recovery community organization located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that will serve over 1,000 individuals in this project. The over-arching goal is that persons with a SUD will have increased opportunity for self-supporting/self-sufficient recovery through comprehensive, integrated, evidence based care including recovery support services. Program Focus: PRO-A will engage local and state organizations to focus policy, planning and program development on a range of support services for persons in recovery representing diverse geographic, cultural, gender and racial/ethnic populations including the hard core unemployed, those with multiple incarcerations, co-occurring disorders, HIV/AIDS, and family members. Program Goals: With clear, measurable objectives, over a three year period program goals are: 1. Forge collaborative relationships with state/local planning/policy committees to ensure that at least 100 peers trained in Leadership are included in planning processes; 2. Partner with state and local organizations to expand workforce development activities and reinvigorate our service system workforce by providing 600 persons with lived recovery experience (including 200 veterans) access to a career path that includes CRS certification, livable wages, and opportunities. 3. Expand collaborative relationships and linkages with the recovery community and families as well as allied organizations throughout the state to be advocates, overcome barriers for vulnerable populations and support state and local RCO sustainability; 4. Establish a statewide resource center for organizational/structural change on recovery oriented processes to for RCOs, state and local governments. 5. Spearhead policy discussions at the state, and local level to ensure the availability of appropriate recovery support services in Pennsylvania. Steering Committee: PRO-A will form a Steering Committee comprising recovering persons and organizations committed to strengthening our statewide behavioral and medical health service systems. The Steering Committee will meet quarterly and conduct an annual planning retreat that will assist and advise the program. Performance Evaluation: External evaluators will collect and report on important outcomes that will be shared quarterly with the Steering Committee, the staff, and CSAT. The impact of specific accomplishments is assessed through the number of process and outcome evaluations.
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TI080303-02 | RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITIES FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY EFFORTS, INC. | WARWICK | RI | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
The purpose of the Rhode Island Communities for Addiction Recovery Efforts (RICARES) proposed project, the RI Statewide Recovery Community Services Program, is to strengthen the Recovery Community Organization and statewide network of recovery stakeholders who are, and those who can be, key partners in the delivery of RI and local treatment and recovery support services, as well as existing and new allied health systems through collaboration, systems improvement, public health messaging, and training conducted for, and with, key recovery partner organizations. RICARES will collaborate with traditional substance use disorder treatment providers to emphasize the relevance and benefits of peer recovery support services as essential in the Recovery Oriented Systems of Care. RICARES will accomplish this by implementing four goals: 1) Establish A Peer Recovery Specialist program at RICARES and secure national accreditation; 2) Increase the number of individuals in long term recovery, family members and recovery oriented partners to represent RICARES and participate in state and local government policy boards, committees, and work groups focused on recovery and addiction and promote the expansion of peer recovery services and funding mechanisms to pay for peer recovery services; 3) Strengthen the statewide peer recovery specialist workforce development program in the intersection of addiction recovery and cultural and linguistic competence; and 4) Expand peer recovery services to be available and accessible across the state and to ensure services are accessible for marginalized populations. RICARES will implement measurable outcomes by hiring addition staff and create a leadership team of advocates/spokespersons for recovery from addiction to be the face and voice of the organization and participate on state and local boards, committees, task forces and work groups and to direct statewide advocacy activities. RICARES will offer and deliver quarterly training opportunities to peer recovery specialists to enhance their skills in delivering effective and best practices for recovery from addiction. This will include at least one annual cultural and linguistic competence training opportunity to the peer recovery specialist workforce and all substance use providers and recovery-oriented partners. In partnership with the Parent Support Network and Department of BHDDH, we will develop and implement a peer supervisor curriculum and training to advance needed supports and training to those who are reflective of marginalized populations. In addition, RICARES will partner with one major statewide substance use treatment partner, at least one health home provider, a medical primary care collaborative, the recovery housing coalition and a program that provides shelter and transitional housing services who will hire or purchase peer recovery services within their agencies from RICARES and its partners.
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TI080313-02 | FACES AND VOICES OF RECOVERY SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. | GREENVILLE | SC | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
Abstract Faces and Voices of Recovery South Carolina (FAVOR SC) will further strengthen its statewide network of engaged and emerging RCOs, expand access to evidence-based peer recovery support services, and fervently pursue parity for peer recovery support specialists. Our network and governance have never been stronger. We have added one RCO and a seventh is emerging. To better assist emerging RCOs, our network weaver is also participating in the ARCO workshop. To further develop our infrastructure, a portion of the grant funding will be used to assist our network of independent RCOs in executing their local plans for strengthening infrastructure, which in turn contributes to the overall health of our statewide network. In addition to strengthening our bond between and among RCOs, our network weaver has joined all trained peers in an online community ?Peer Volunteers.? In less than four years, the Recovery Training Academy has trained more than 130 Certified Peer Support Specialists (CPSS). In this grant, we will work with our SSA to evaluate and revise our CPSS training program to develop culturally and linguistically competent peers. We will develop and present a 20-hour peer training retreat. With input and assistance from our network of RCOs, we will develop an online ?Statewide Recovery Resource Directory? to complement the statewide recovery support asset map we will construct and use as a capacity-building tool. Increasing knowledge of and access to recovery support services is our objective. Further, we will develop and deliver presentations and printed material, in each of the SSA's four regions, to educate State and local governments, SUD treatment providers, adult drug courts, FQHCs, and hospital emergency departments on how the services of trained peers can be integrated into treatment plans at any point on the continuum of care. This training will emphasize recovery support services available through our network of RCOs, and the benefit of improved client outcomes afforded by integrating RCO-provided, recovery support services. We will develop promotional materials and toolkits to present to the South Carolina Medicaid Director, that encourage modification to the State Plan that would make employment of our trained peers in the treatment provider system viable by raising the reimbursement rates for CPSS delivered services on par with the reimbursement rate for Substance Abuse Specialists. Following closely legislative changes to the (2010) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and nicknamed Obamacare, we will provide and present training, education, and resource material to communities (or state government, systems, recovery communities, and individuals) statewide to increase awareness regarding parity and individual rights guaranteed by the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 with emphasis on unserved and underserved populations in South Carolina. This information will be accessible at www.favorsc.org and in-person presentations will be coordinated by request.
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TI080307-02 | SOBERHOOD | ELGIN | TX | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
RecoveryPeople will develop a Recovery Incubator (RI) for emerging peer leaders and recovery businesses to strengthen the ability of peer-run and recovery community organizations? (RCOs) to deliver support services in the addiction treatment and recovery continuum and allied health systems. Business Incubators are a well-established approach to accelerating the viability and sustainability of entrepreneurial companies. As members of this recovery-focused incubator, individuals and organizations will receive an array of training, technical assistance, and support resources offered by RecoveryPeople and/or through a network of subject matter experts around topics that include: recovery program startups, national accreditation, family recovery coaching, business-to-business contracting, recovery housing, and Parity enforcement. The goals of this project include: Promote skills development with an emphasis on leadership, public relations, communication, and business management for RCOs. Identify and address the training and technical assistance (T/TA) needs of peer mentors/specialists (providers) and provide the support they need to ensure they are viewed as equal partners in the substance use disorder (SUD) recovery-support delivery system. Construct and promote, with state and local agencies, service delivery models that incorporate recovery supports before, during, after and in lieu of SUD treatment. Establish business models that endorse and encourage sustainable mechanisms to enhance long-term viability for institutional providers of RSS. The measurable objectives of this project are to: Provide at least 14 training and/or technical assistance events per year including an annual retreat, periodic web conferences, group trainings and/or one-on-one support Service at least 75 participants per grant year with the training and/or technical assistance describe above Average an 80% or higher Satisfaction rating from participant on knowledge sharing at T/TA at events Average an 80% or higher Usefulness rating from participant on information provided during the T/TA events Estimated number of people to be served as a result of the award is an average of 75 participants per year over three years, which equals 225 persons served.
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TI080308-02 | VERMONT RECOVERY NETWORK, INC. | MONTPELIER | VT | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
Abstract: Vermont Recovery Network Enhancement Grant The VT Recovery Network (VRN) Enhancement Grant, (VRN-EG) will be used to strengthen Recovery Community Organizations (RCO?s) also called Recovery Centers, (RC?s). With additional staffing and oversight this new grant will allow VRN to focus further on promoting skill development with a strong focus on leadership development, public relations, managing our goals and communications. VRN will develop ongoing additional leadership opportunities through its Peer Recovery Support Service (PRSS). We will identify and implement additional training needs for our staff, volunteers, and supervisors. We will also provide recovery specific training to our partnering organizations where peers will be working. These partners include Emergency Departments, Corrections, Housing, Jails, Hubs and Spokes. The VRN will effectively and comprehensively communicate the reality that Recovery is possible whether a person begins with, or without, the formal Treatment system. Recovery is the ultimate direction. VRN will lead the development of sustainable models that enhance recovery support services with peers and stakeholders. Currently we collect data on visitors to our centers, including how often and how long they engage, data on people in Medicated Assisted Recovery, (MAR), data to evaluate how our stakeholders view our PRSS and other data that includes, length of sobriety, stable housing and employment tracked over time. We will continue to collect important data that proves our cost effectiveness in order to receive sustainable funding. Our Population is people early in their recovery, seasoned recovery peers and our recovery stakeholders. The projected number of people to be served by PRSS is 14,336. And 10,665 at RCs over three years equals 25,000 Goal 1. Develop a statewide internal and external infrastructure to support awareness, expansion and sustainability of peer based recovery services and supports. Goal 2. Enhance and increase PRSS workforce development for peers in recovery (allies, family) to support increasing demands, off site services, telephone support, additional leadership career ladders and sustainability of programs and services. Goal 3. Increase awareness of statewide PRSS benefits and services offered, cost savings and effectiveness through clear and diversified messaging and educational events to primary care providers, VT Department of Corrections, community health partners, and additional stakeholders. Goal 4. Expand the presence and use of PRSS throughout the state of Vermont by adding PRSS in emergency rooms, primary care settings, homeless centers, housing authorities, criminal justice systems and rural populations via telephonic recovery support services.
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TI080306-02 | NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF METHADONE ADVOCATES, INC. | NEW YORK | NY | $150,000 | 2018 | TI-17-006 | |||
Title: RCSP-SN
Project Period: 2017/09/30 - 2020/09/29
Medication Assisted Recovery Service (MARS) Statewide Network The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA) is applying as a Recovery Community Organization (RCO). The Medication Assisted Recovery Service (MARS) Statewide Network will build on the initial work of the last two years. It became apparent in 2015 that before organizing a statewide network of formally opiate dependent persons whose recovery is or was assisted by medication it would be necessary to train, organize, and empower those individuals to realize that recovery achieved with the help of medication was just as valid as any other. MARS-SN has devoted the last two years promoting that goal and The MARS-SN is ready to take its place as a partner to ?mainstream? recovery in NYS. It is necessary for the MAR (Medication Assisted Recovery community to have its own network because of the stigma surrounding medication where many persons feel that medications like Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Vivotrol are just substitutes and not ?real? recovery. MARS-SN will work with Friends of Recovery-NY (FOR-NY), Acacia Network, the Albany, NY hub of our network, Living Positive, and of course our long time partner Albert Einstein/Montefiore to achieve the goals of the network. The purpose of this network portfolio is to promote peer recovery support services within the healthcare system especially the emerging integrated models in NYS. The MARS-SN will do this by: working to forge relationships with state and local planning and policy development committees; developing linkages with addiction RCOs throughout the state. catalyzing organizational/structural change among recovery oriented institutions by providing training and promoting the importance of: strengths-based, person-centered, and trauma-informed peer support including Medication Assisted Recovery (MAR) and lastly promoting the use of PRSS in integrated primary care and within more recently developed community behavioral healthcare models. First, developing infrastructure and representation will increase capacity for RSS through developing leadership and capacity in the area, using the mechanisms of participation, alliances, and information and TA. Participation in almost any body will provide us with information and important connections; alliances (the ability to collaborate for greater impact and more efficient use of resources) will make it easier to gain access to decision-makers and decision-making processes, while actual representation in decision-making systems helps hold systems accountable and our constituencies engaged. Information and TA not only spread knowledge but to help develop alliances across systems.
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