Voices Of Hope Inc

BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY IN MARYLAND - THE BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY IN MARYLAND BY VOICES OF HOPE, INC. ENSURES THAT THERE ARE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES AVAILABLE IN CECIL AND HARFORD COUNTIES. THIS PROGRAM SERVES INDIVIDUALS WHO USE DRUGS, THOSE SEEKING TREATMENT AND LONG TERM RECOVERY BY PROVIDING HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, TREATMENT NAVIGATION AND RECOVERY SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE PARTICIPANT AND ARE FOCUSED ON UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN RURAL AREAS WHERE THERE ARE FEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THOSE WITHOUT PRIVATE INSURANCE AND FOR THOSE ON MEDICAID. VOICES OF HOPE LOCATIONS SERVED 3,079 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN 2023. THIS PROJECT WILL ENSURE THOSE SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATIONS FOR 3 MORE YEARS.

VOICES OF HOPE RURAL PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT PROJECT: EXPANDING RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN CECIL AND HARFORD COUNTIES - VOICES OF HOPE, INC., A PEER-RUN RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IN RURAL CECIL COUNTY (POPULATION 102,885) AND HARFORD COUNTY (255,441), MARYLAND, WILL EXPAND PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ADULTS AGES 18 AND OLDER WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) OR CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL DISORDERS (COD) AND THEIR FAMILIES, SERVING 225 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS IN YEAR 1 AND 1,335 OVER FIVE YEARS. PARTICIPANTS ARE LARGELY AGED 25-44, OVERWHELMINGLY MEDICAID-ENROLLED OR UNINSURED, WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER PREDOMINATING ALONGSIDE RISING STIMULANT AND POLYSUBSTANCE USE; CECIL COUNTY'S NONFATAL OPIOID OVERDOSE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RATE IS 2.2 TIMES THE STATEWIDE RATE, WITH NO EMERGENCY SHELTER OR SAME-DAY MEDICAID TREATMENT INTAKE IN EITHER COUNTY. VOICES OF HOPE OPERATES THE ONLY 24-HOUR, PEER-STAFFED, NO-COST RECOVERY CENTERS IN EITHER COUNTY, DELIVERING PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT WITH A SUSTAINED CASELOAD, TREATMENT LINKAGE WITHIN 30 DAYS, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND RECOVERY HOUSING SCHOLARSHIPS USING WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLANNING AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING WITHIN THE STAGES OF CHANGE MODEL. ANNUAL OBJECTIVES TRACKED THROUGH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING SYSTEM (SPARS) REPORTING INCLUDE 70% COMPLETING A WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN WITHIN 30 DAYS, 60% LINKED TO SERVICES WITHIN 30 DAYS, AND 100% OF PEERS HOLDING OR PURSUING THE MARYLAND CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST (CPRS) CREDENTIAL.