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 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

Recovery Process

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Recovery focus

“The recovery model wraps traditional interventions in a continuum of recovery support services…Particularly distinctive is the model’s 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 CommunitiesOur goal is to developpolicies, communities,and a society that are recovery-friendly. Onepart of making this happen is to create what someare 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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Recovery Community

Treatment Field

Historical context...

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Recovery Community

Treatment Field

Recovery Community Organizations…

BRIDGE the gap!

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What’s in the Equation?

Individuals seeking help and their loved ones

Effective, quality addiction prevention, treatment and recovery support services

Recovery community

Recovery-oriented systems of care

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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 Driver’s license Education And more…..

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IndividualFamily

Community

Family/Child Care

Housing/Transportation

Financial

Legal Case Mgt

VSO & Peer Support

Health Care

PTSD &Mental Health

Alcohol/Drug Treatment

Vocational

Educational

Spiritual

Addiction Services System

Mental HealthSystem

Primary Care System

Child Welfareand FamilyServices

Housing Authority

Social Services

Health Insurance

DoD & Veterans Affairs

Indian HealthServices

Criminal JusticeSystem

Abstinence

Employment

ReducedCrime

Safe & Drug-freeHousing

Evidence-Based Practice

Cost Effectiveness

PerceptionOf Care

Social ConnectednessAccess/Capacity

Retention

Vocational Services

HIV ServicesFaith Community

Menu of Services

Systems of Care

Recovery

Wellness Health

Source: Aligning Concepts, Practice and Contexts to Promote Long-term Recovery: An Action Plan, Dr. Westley Clark, May 2008.

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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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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

Recovery Community Organizations

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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 Treatment’s 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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