“Connecting Treatment to Recovery—The updated ASAM Criteria 4th Edition”
The recently released ASAM 4th Edition includes a new chapter on integrating Recovery Support Services (RSS) in ASAM criteria! In fact, RSS standards are incorporated into the service standards for every level of care, including decision rules for treatment providers in determining the need for placement in recovery residences.
Beth Fisher Sanders and Dr. Paul Earley, authors of the new chapter, will be featured at the Fletcher Group’s monthly webinar. Dr. Earley served on the ASAM board for many years and Sanders co-founded the National Alliance for Recovery Residences in 2011 to develop and promote recovery home best practices. Watch the full presentation via Fletcher Group’s YouTube Channel.
Reducing Stigma with Supplies and Care in VermontHRSA Reverse Site Visit
Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield, Vermont, Inc is affiliated with Recovery Partners of Vermont as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Vermont’s 12 Turning Point Centers provide a peer-based network of support for all people affected by any type of addiction. They offer services such as a drop-in center, substance-free social functions, a recovery coach program, and a transitional housing […]
Stephanie’s Story
Stephanie, a mother and homeowner who is 6 years in recovery, shares her experiences and achievements. “I really thought I would die behind a building. Now I have a car and a good job, and I can pay for my kids to go to sports,” she says.
How Ready Is Your County to Help with Addiction Recovery?
“A new index is designed to assess the “recovery environment” in each U.S. county. The tool provides information on the availability of different treatment options, support systems for people in recovery, and social factors such as housing costs, transportation, and more.” Read more at The Daily Yonder.
Working Together in New Ways
As the substance use disorder (SUD) crisis continues to take on new forms, the Rural Communities Opioid Reponse Program (RCORP) Rural Centers of Excellence continue to change with it. This fall, the three centers are transitioning to specific areas of focus. The University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction (UVM CORA) on SUD treatment, the Fletcher Group on recovery, and our center, UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence, on prevention.
In concentrating on SUD prevention, we look forward to partnering with rural communities to increase supports, remove barriers, and prevent the onset and progress of this chronic disease. In the weeks ahead, we will be collaborating with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to further define our efforts in prevention.
Addressing Substance Use in Rural America
Magazine Link: https://www.fletchergroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AUGUST-2023-RURAL-VOICES-MAGAZINE-ARTICLE-ABOUT-THE-FLETCHER-GROUP.pdf The Fletcher Group uses an innovative housingmodel and ground-breaking research. With over 100,000 Americans dying of drug overdoseseach year, the need for safe, effective recovery supportservices, including effective recovery housing, is greaterthan ever. That’s especially true in rural communitieswhere few resources are available to counter the higherrates of substance use disorders, morbidity, […]
Opening up Opportunities for Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
In this issue we highlight community efforts to overcome stigma related to substance use disorder (SUD) through conversations and programs that use art to change perspectives. We also present new training opportunities geared towards helping patients feel comfortable engaging in treatment and helping health care providers feel confident providing care for SUD. New resources include brief modules on treatment of SUD in primary care and tools on polysubstance use and monitoring trends.
How Ready Is Your County to Help with Addiction Recovery?
Article Link: https://dailyyonder.com/how-ready-is-your-county-to-help-with-addiction-recovery/2022/11/08/ When officials in Vine Grove, Kentucky, put out a vending machine filled with free opioid overdose reversal medication, they expected people in the 7,000-person strong community would use it. They just didn’t anticipate it being empty three days later. “We put one machine out 27 days ago,” said Keith Mattingly, police chief […]
Faith communities can respond to substance-use epidemic with hope
Article Link: https://www.umnews.org/en/news/faith-communities-can-respond-to-substance-use-epidemic-with-hope Fueled by isolation, loneliness and despair, the Substance Use Disorder epidemic continues to rage across America with over 100,000 overdose deaths recorded this past year. Even in the small West Virginia town where I live, I hear of numerous overdose deaths each week. But numbers don’t tell the whole story. Such “deaths […]
Former Governor’s Non-Profit Helps Drug Recovery Programs Succeed
Article Link: https://dailyyonder.com/former-governors-non-profit-helps-drug-recovery-programs-be-succeed/2021/11/30/ For more than a year, Jay Phillips, executive director of Seed Sower, Inc., has worked to open a drug recovery program in rural Meadow Bridge, West Virginia. This year, the facility will open up with 11 beds for adult women in an area of the state where recovery facilities for women are […]
