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