Better Life In Recovery Incorporated

BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY - OVER THREE YEARS, BETTER LIFE IN RECOVERY'S (BLIR'S) DEALING HOPE PARTNERSHIP (DHP) WILL ENGAGE AT LEAST 135 INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) AND/OR CO-OCCURRING DIAGNOSES (COD). CORE PARTICIPANT SERVICES INCLUDE PEER RECOVERY COACHING, ROBUST RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, AND RECOVERY HOUSING, ALL WHILE BLIR LEADS MULTI-SECTOR ASSESSMENT AND ACTIVITY TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL HARM REDUCTION SERVICE INTEGRATION. ALL 135 PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE SUD, OUD, AND/OR COD. THEY WILL BE LOCATED PRIMARILY IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, OR SURROUNDING GREENE COUNTY, MISSOURI. SIMILAR TO LOCAL DEMOGRAPHICS, 2% PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ASIAN, 3% BLACK, 3% MULTI-RACIAL, 90% WHITE, AND 2% ADDITIONAL RACES. LESS THAN 4% WILL BE HISPANIC. MALE AND FEMALE DISTRIBUTION IS EXPECTED TO BE RELATIVELY EVEN, AND WHILE DATA ARE LIMITED, LESS THAN 1% OF PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO REPORT BEING LGBTQIA+. OVER 98% OF THE POPULATION SPEAKS PREDOMINANTLY ENGLISH. ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR SEVERAL KEY METRICS ARE WORSE THAN BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS, INCLUDING (1) LOWER MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AT $46,086; (2) INDIVIDUALS LIVING BELOW POVERTY, AT 16.4%; (3) UNINSURED STATUS, AT 10.7%; AND (4) REPORTING A DISABILITY, AT 15.7% (AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY. 2015-19). THE DEALING HOPE PARTNERSHIP WILL ENROLL 135 PARTICIPANTS OVER THREE YEARS—30, 45, AND 60, RESPECTIVELY, BY YEAR. ALL WILL PARTICIPATE IN SERVICES FULLY ALIGNED WITH THE BCOR REQUIRED ACTIVITIES. THESE INCLUDE (1) PEER-BASED GOAL-SETTING AND RECOVERY COACHING AND (2) ROBUST RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND GROUP THERAPY, AS WELL AS PRO-SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTIVE FINANCIAL AID. ALLOWABLE RECOVERY HOUSING IS INCLUDED. THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO LEAD EFFORTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ASSESS AND MEET LOCAL HARM REDUCTION NEEDS BY LEADING A STEERING COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON HARM REDUCTION SYSTEM STRENGTHENING/INTEGRATION (REQUIRED). GOALS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (1) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD/OUD/COD ENGAGED IN RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (MEASURED THROUGH INCREASED DHP ENROLLMENT AND INCREASED RETENTION IN RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES AT SIX MONTHS). (2) INCREASE ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN SUD/OUD/ COD RECOVERY TO HEALTH RESOURCES SUPPORTING SELF-MANAGEMENT OF RECOVERY (MEASURED BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALISTS (CPSS), THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING 1:1 WITH A CPS, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN EVIDENCE-BASED THERAPIES, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SETTING/ATTAINING RECOVERY GOALS, AND THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REMAINING ENGAGED IN RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER INTENSIVE SERVICES END). (3) INCREASE ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN SUD/OUD/COD RECOVERY TO STABLE, SAFE RECOVERY HOUSING (MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN RECOVERY HOUSING FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS, THE NUMBER REMAINING STABLY HOUSED AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER INTENSIVE SERVICES END). (4) INDIVIDUALS IN SUD/OUD/COD RECOVERY INCREASE THEIR INDIVIDUAL SENSE OF PURPOSE AND THE INCOME TO PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN SOCIETY (MEASURED BY INDIVIDUALS SETTING AND ATTAINING "PURPOSE" GOALS TIED TO EDUCATION, INCOME, AND/OR EMPLOYMENT). (5) INDIVIDUALS IN SUD/OUD/COD RECOVERY INCREASE THEIR ACCESS TO SOCIAL/COMMUNITY NETWORKS THAT PROVIDE HOPE, SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP, AND LOVE (MEASURED BY INCREASES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD/OUD/COD PARTICIPATING IN PRO-SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, REPORTING SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND REPORTING COMMUNITY PRIDE). MEASURES ARE ALIGNED WITH SAMHSA'S FOUR MAJOR DIMENSIONS OF RECOVERY (FMDOR) (COMMUNITY, HEALTH, HOUSING, PURPOSE).