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Developing a Community Based Recovery Resource Center
Ijeoma Achara
Joe Schultz
Bev Haberle
Overview
• Explore different types of recovery support services that are offered in a ROSC
• Examine the potential benefits of establishing recovery resource centers
• Describe the development of two recovery resource centers in Philadelphia, PA
Current Challenges
Narrow focus of attention/intervention:
Stages of Recovery
• Pre-Recovery Initiation• Recovery Initiation and Stabilization• Recovery Maintenance• Quality of Life Enhancement• Community Health
Relevant Research: What Helps? • National Research Project on Recovery
Indicators (Onken et al., 2002)– Meaningful Activities in the Community– Empowerment– Focus on Self/Whole Person– Basic Material Resources– Peer Support– Hope, Sense of Meaning and Purpose– Choice– Formal Services and Staff: RELATIONSHIP– Family Involvement– Sustained support
Recovery Resource CentersPotential Resources• Warm connections to community resources• Life skills training• Employment assistance• Recovery Check-ups and early re-
engagement• Companionship/modeling of recovery lifestyle• PIR led groups• Peer based prevention services for youth• Assistance with recovery planning• Support people in developing meaningful
roles in the community
Continuity of Care: Supporting the Continuum of
Wellness
The Role of State Administrators• Supporting the Development of Recovery
Resource Centers– Location– Funding– Community Support
• Helping to mobilize the recovery community and community partners to serve as volunteers and resources
• Aligning the fiscal and administrative context
• Assigning a point person• Embedding the recovery center within a
larger transformation effort
Examples from Philadelphia
• Bev Haberle, ProAct, Philadelphia
• Joe Schultz, Northeast Treatment Center, Philadelphia