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Re-entering Offenders Achieving Recovery
ROAR offers reintegration and recovery services
to male adult offenders transitioning from the
Bristol County House of Correction’s (BCHOC)
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)
unit back into the community.
What is Steppingstone’s Project ROAR?
Approximately 300 men from RSAT reenter the community annually.
Approximately 60-85% of men who have been incarcerated are involved with substance abuse.
About 40-60% of inmates have lower than a high school education level
Why is ROAR needed in our communities?
Men re-entering our communities face myriad obstacles to remaining crime free such as:
A lack of employment and finances Unmanaged symptoms of substance use
and mental health disorders
Men often struggle with Inmate disorientation and public stigma which becomes an obstacle to effective reentry
Why is ROAR needed in our communities?
ROAR will provide services that promote long-term recovery from substance use and co-occurring disorders.
Individual Service Plans will be tailored around the unique needs of each participant.
Each participant will be encouraged and guided in driving the goals and objectives of his treatment plan as he progresses through different stages of recovery.
How will ROAR help?
Participants are provided assistance with obtaining employment/vocational development services as well as educational opportunities.
Trauma informed services help men address issues related to trauma.
Men are assisted with family reunification and developing improved parenting and nurturing skills.
ROAR’s services empower men so they are less likely to return to crime.
How will ROAR help?
18 years of age or older.
Minimum incarceration of six consecutive months
In the Bristol County House of Correction’s (BCHOC) Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) unit
Within 4 months of release into the community
Possess substance use disorder or substance use and mental health disorder (co-occurring)
What are the requirements to participate?
ROAR is guided by the Transition from Prison to Community (TCP) model from the National Institute of Corrections.
TCP’s Integrated Case Management and Supervision (ICMS) model directs the provision of case management services.
ROAR’S model:
This model engages participants through three phases:
Institutional
Release
Community
What is the Integrated Case Management and Supervision model?
Outreach and engagement
Individual Service Planning
Criminogenic risk assessments
Level of services needed assessment
Substance abuse evaluation and treatment
Mental health evaluation and treatment
What services will ROAR provide?
Motivational interviewing
Psychiatric services including medication management
Helping Men Recover groups
Living In Balance groups
Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment
Nurturing Parenting Program
What services will ROAR provide?
..provide a cohesive, evidence-based system that supports substance use/co-occurring disorder treatment in conjunction with re-entry and wrap around services for adult male offenders reintegrating into the community from the BCHOC RSAT unit, to reduce relapse, crime and improve other outcomes.
Psychosocial rehabilitation
Assistance obtaining income and entitlements
Employment readiness education and referral
Assistance connecting to self-help programs
Discharge and aftercare planning
What services will ROAR provide?
Services beginning in correctional setting
Criminogenic Risk Assessment
Treatment Accountability Planning
Level of Services Inventory
Re-entry Planning
Employment Readiness, Budgeting/Money Management and Tenant’s Rights and Responsibilities groups
Motivational Interviewing
Services provided in the community
Assistance obtaining housing and employment
Comprehensive Individual Service Planning
Substance abuse treatment
Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment
Services provided in the community
Helping Men Recover groups
Living In Balance groups
Nurturing Parenting Program
• Director
• Coordinator
• Evaluator
• Integrated Care Facilitators (3)
• Office Assistant
Project Staffing
The purpose of ROAR is to..
..provide a cohesive, evidence-based system that supports substance use/co-occurring disorder treatment in conjunction with re-entry and wrap around services for adult male offenders reintegrating into the community from the BCHOC RSAT unit, to reduce relapse, crime and improve other outcomes.
ROAR’s objectives are to…
Enhance and expand collaborative partnerships in Bristol County to build a comprehensive, multi-agency system that supports effective reentry.
Provide effective Integrated Case Management and Supervision to BCHOC RSAT unit inmates
Improve treatment access, retention and outcomes
Improve the quality of life of clients
For more information regarding ROAR,go to:
www.steppingstoneinc.org\roar.html