Helping Up Mission Incorporated

RESTORING HOPE AND REBUILDING LIVES: TRANSFORMATIONAL WORKFORCE AND PEER SUPPORT AT HELPING UP MISSION - LOCATED IN BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND, HELPING UP MISSION'S RESTORING HOPE AND REBUILDING LIVES PROJECT WILL SERVE 1,330 UNDUPLICATED ADULTS AGED 18 AND OLDER OVER FIVE YEARS WHO HAVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) OR CO-OCCURRING DISORDER (COD). MOST PARTICIPANTS ARE BETWEEN AGES 25 AND 64, LIVE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE, AND LACK STABLE HOUSING; 30% LACK A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AND 71% HAVE PRIOR JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT, REFLECTING SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THE PROGRAM WILL DELIVER A YEAR-LONG, PEER-LED RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY MODEL INTEGRATING INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENT AND SUPPORT, PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (PRSS), MEDICATION ASSISTED RECOVERY, LEGAL AID CASE MANAGEMENT, AND PREVOCATIONAL AND EMPLOYER-LINKAGE TRAINING DESIGNED TO HELP PARTICIPANTS LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND ENTER THE WORKFORCE. STAFF WILL INCLUDE A DEDICATED LEGAL, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER OVERSEEING PRO BONO LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS, AND TRAINED PEERS DELIVERING PRSS, SUPPORTED BY A PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY'S CORNERSTONE CLINIC FOR PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION MANAGEMENT TRAINING. PROGRESS WILL BE TRACKED THROUGH ANNUAL WORKFORCE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, INDIVIDUAL CARE PLANS DEVELOPED FOR ALL CLIENTS, LEGAL AID APPOINTMENT LOGS, EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS ACQUISITION RATES, AND OUTCOMES FROM RECRUITING FAIRS AND TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS THAT GAUGE OVERALL SELF-SUFFICIENCY GAINS.