Recovery-oriented care and the organized recovery community

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Recovery-oriented care and the organized
recovery community
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Faces Voices Vision

• Communities of recovery will continue to spring
  up all over our country helping people find and
  sustain their recovery from addiction to alcohol
  and other drugs for the long-term.
• People in recovery, families, friends and allies
  will organize and mobilize as a constituency of
  consequence in thriving Recovery Community
  Organizations.
• Discrimination against people in or seeking
  recovery will be eliminated and the same rights
  and opportunities will be afforded to all
  Americans.

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We will improve the lives of millions of
Americans, their families and communities if we
treat addiction to alcohol and other drugs as a
public health crisis. To overcome this crisis, we
must accord dignity to people with addiction and
recognize that there is no one path to recovery.
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Mainstreaming Recovery
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Recovery and wellness focus

• Shifting from a crisis-oriented, professionally
  directed, acute-care approach with its emphasis
  on isolated treatment episodes, to a recovery
  management approach that provides long-term
  supports and recognizes the many pathways to
  health and wellness.

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Recovery Process

• Recovery from alcohol and drug problems is a
  process of change through which an individual
  achieves abstinence and improved health,
  wellness, and quality of life.

Source Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
National Summit on Recovery, 2005
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Recovery focus

• The recovery model wraps traditional
  interventions in a continuum of recovery support
  servicesParticularly distinctive is the models
  emphasis on post-treatment monitoring and
  support long-term, stage-appropriate recovery
  education peer-based recovery coaching
  assertive linkage to communities of recovery
  and, when needed, early re-intervention.
• William White, M.A.

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Recovery-friendly Communities

• Our goal is to develop
• policies, communities,
• and a society that are
• recovery-friendly. One
• part of making this happen
• is to create what some
• are calling
• Recovery-oriented systems of care

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Recovery-oriented systems of care

• Mobilizing all of the resources in our
  communities to
• Change discriminatory public policies in the
  areas of health care, jobs and housing to
  eliminate barriers
• Develop networks and systems that work together
  to treat addiction as a public health crisis and
  accord dignity to people with addiction
• Help more people find and sustain their recovery
  for the long-term

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Recovery-oriented systems of care

• Build on the strengths and resilience of
  individuals, families and communities as
  individuals take responsibility for their
  long-term recovery, health and wellness.
• Make services and resources available that people
  can use to meet their needs.

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Recovery-oriented systems of care

• Professional treatment is one of the many
  services and resources people may need to get
  well and get their lives back on track.
• A variety of supports that work for and with each
  person to restore their lives (an ongoing
  process).

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Historical context...
Recovery Community
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Recovery Community Organizations
BRIDGE the gap!
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Recovery-oriented systems of care

• Whats in the Equation?
• Individuals seeking help and their loved ones
• Effective, quality addiction prevention,
  treatment and recovery support services
• Recovery community

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Recovery community

• People in recovery from alcohol and other drug
  addiction, families, friends and allies

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Recovery-oriented systems of care

• What else is in the Equation?
• Housing
• Legal Assistance
• Primary Health care dental care
• Employment
• Banking
• Drivers license
• Education
• And more..

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Source Aligning Concepts, Practice and Contexts
to Promote Long-term Recovery An Action Plan,
Dr. Westley Clark, May 2008.
Recovery
Abstinence
Evidence-Based Practice
Systems of Care
Addiction Services System
Child Welfare and Family Services
Employment
Menu of Services
Social Services
Cost Effectiveness
Family/Child Care
Alcohol/Drug Treatment
Mental Health System
Vocational
Individual Family Community
PTSD Mental Health
Educational
Housing Authority
Reduced Crime
Housing/ Transportation
Health Care
Primary Care System
Perception Of Care
HIV Services
Spiritual
Faith Community
Vocational Services
Financial
VSO Peer Support
Indian Health Services
Safe Drug-free Housing
Legal
Case Mgt
Retention
Health Insurance
Criminal Justice System
Health
Wellness
DoD Veterans Affairs
Access/Capacity
Social Connectedness
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Recovery-oriented systems of care

• Communities of recovery
• Recovery Community Organizations
• Mutual support groups
• Recovery homes
• Recovery schools
• Recovery media and entertainment
• Organizations of recovering professionals
• Treatment professionals
• and many others

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Recovery Community Organizations

• The recovery community is organized in local,
  state regional organizations

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Recovery Community Organizations

• Almost 200 recovery community organizations
  around the country
• Ranging in size/budget/scope
• 3-5 members to 1,000s of members
• All volunteer to 20 staff members
• 0 budget to over 1 million/year
• Local, regional, state

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Recovery Community Organizations

• Independent, non-profit organizations that are
  led and run by representatives of local
  communities of recovery on behalf of the recovery
  community
• Public education putting a face and a voice on
  recovery
• Advocacy
• Peer-based and other recovery support services.

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Recovery Community Organizations

• Recovery Community Centers
• A physical location where recovery community
  organizations organize their ability to care and
  to advocate
• Community recovery resource with workshops,
  trainings, meetings, and sober social events
• A place where the recovery community volunteers
  and gives back

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Recovery Community Organizations

• Funding and resources
• Public funding from local, state and federal
  governments
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatments Recovery
  Community Services Program
• Connecticut, Massachusetts, Kentucky, New Jersey
  
• Detroit, Philadelphia.
• Private foundations local, regional and
  national
• Greater Cincinnati Health Foundation, New
  Hampshire Charitable Foundation
• Sponsorship
• Treatment centers, pharmaceutical companies,
  local businesses
• Membership and individual donations
• Collaborations Addiction Technology Transfer
  Centers (ATTCs), Colleges and Universities,
  Community Anti-Drug Coalitions

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Peer Recovery Support Services

• One-on-One Support
• Recovery Coaching/Mentoring
• Group Support
• Emotional, Educational, and Spiritual Support,
  Life Skills
• Resource Connection
• Housing/Food/Clothing/Transportation, Assistance
  with Navigating Systems
• General Skill Development
• Education, Vocational, Employment

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Peer Recovery Support Services

• Recovery Skills Development
• Stress Reduction, Spirituality/Meditation,
  Expressive Arts, Wellness, Relationship and
  Family Building
• Sober Social Activities
• AOD-Free Social/Recreational Activities
• Leadership
• Volunteering/Service Opportunities/New Skills

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Recovery-oriented Care

•   Ensuring that people get the care and support
  that they need to lead healthy and fulfilling
  lives.
• Embracing all pathways to recovery
• Networks of formal and informal services and
  support
• Policies that support the ability of people to
  get into recovery and to sustain their recovery

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