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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www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org