Serenity Recovery Connection

SPRINGS RECOVERY CONNECTION - PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES -JUSTICE PROGRAM AND STATEWIDE TRAINING AND OUTREACH - SRC WILL PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY THROUGH ONGOING EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, STATEWIDE TRAINING, AND STATEWIDE OUTREACH EFFORTS. SRC WILL EXPAND AND ENHANCE THEIR EXISTING JUSTICE PROGRAMS WHICH ARE THE UNIFICATION OF ONGOING SERVICES FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD IN NEED OF RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS INCLUDES THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PROBLEM SOLVING COURTS, EL PASO COUNTY (EPC) SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONNECT UNIT (BHCON) AND THE EL PASO COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER (CJC) JAIL REINTEGRATION AND RECOVERY PROGRAM. BCOR FUNDS WILL ALLOW SRC TO CONTINUE TO OFFER DIRECT RSS AND PRSS, WHICH ARE CORE COMPETENCIES OF SRC AND OFFERED AT NO COST TO THE CLIENT, REMOVING THE FINANCIAL BARRIER. SRC’S TRAINING INSTITUTE IS EXPANDING BY OFFERING HIGHER LEVEL SPECIALIZED TRAINING MODULES THROUGH THE JORDAN TRAINING INSTITUTE (NAADAC CERTIFIED) TO OTHER RCO’S, PEER COACHES AND PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE STATE OF COLORADO. THESE TRAININGS ARE CREDITED AS CEUS AND CAN BE USED FOR COLORADO RECERTIFICATION OF PEER COACHES EVERY TWO YEARS. IN ADDITION, PARTNERSHIPS WITH STATE LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS COLORADO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THE COLORADO OPIOID CONSORTIUM AND THE COLORADO PROVIDER ASSOCIATION (COPA) WILL SUPPORT SRC IN EXPANDING THEIR STIGMA REDUCTION CAMPAIGN WITH HERO STORIES AND EDUCATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND NEWSLETTER OUTREACH STATEWIDE.

SERENITY RECOVERY CONNECTION BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY - BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY PROJECT (SERENITY RECOVERY CONNECTION/SRC) WILL EXPAND PEER-LED RECOVERY SUPPORT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND JUSTICE/HEALTHCARE TRANSITION SERVICES ACROSS SEVEN COLORADO COUNTIES—EL PASO, FREMONT, CHAFFEE, CUSTER, PARK, PUEBLO, AND TELLER (POPULATION ~1,042,389). THE PROJECT WILL SERVE ADULTS 18+ WITH SUD/OUD AND CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THOSE TRANSITIONING FROM INCARCERATION, HOSPITALIZATION, OR HOMELESSNESS, RURAL RESIDENTS, VETERANS, REACHING 2,000 UNDUPLICATED ADULTS ANNUALLY (UP TO 6,000 SERVICE SLOTS OVER THREE YEARS). STRATEGIES INCLUDE PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, AND PEER WORKFORCE TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS, DELIVERED THROUGH SRC'S RECOVERY COMMUNITY CENTER, RURAL OUTREACH, AND JUSTICE/HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIPS. GOALS ARE TO EXPAND ACCESS TO PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT, STRENGTHEN SYSTEM TRANSITIONS INTO LONG-TERM RECOVERY, BUILD THE PEER WORKFORCE, AND SUPPORT WHOLE-PERSON RECOVERY STABILITY, WITH AT LEAST 70% OF ONGOING PARTICIPANTS SHOWING INCREASED RECOVERY CAPITAL OR PROGRESS TOWARD RECOVERY GOALS AND AT LEAST 10 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY SUPPORTED THROUGH WORKFORCE PATHWAYS.