Washington Recovery Alliance

Washington Recovery Alliance: Building Communities of Recovery - the Washington Recovery Alliance Is Proposing to Build Infrastructure for Expanded and Enhanced Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS) and Recovery Support Services (RSS) in Washington State, Targeting Rural and Under-served Communities in Three Regions of the State Where the Wra Has Previously Established Regional Recovery Coalitions With Samhsa Support. Goal 1: Expand Access to PRSS by Increasing Proliferation of PRSS Within the Medicaid-billable Sud Treatment System and Embedding Recovery Coaches Within Labor Unions and Eaps to Reach Commercially Insured Individuals. This Goal Will Be Achieved by Working With the State’s Health Care Authority and With Other Key Stakeholders (including Treatment and Recovery Support Agencies) to Develop the Structures Needed to Increase Saturation of Sud Peers in the Publicly Funded Sud Treatment System. in Addition, Wra Will Work With Building Trades Unions and Eaps to Incorporate Recovery Coaching in Their Services and Benefits. Goal 2: Increase Accessibility of Recovery Housing in Washington Through Capital Investments and Expanded Early Recovery Housing Voucher Programs. This Goal Will Be Achieved by: Advocating for Increased Use of Councilmatic Taxing Authority to Support Recovery Housing; Advocating for the Inclusion of People in Recovery in the State’s Housing Trust Fund; Working With Correctional Settings to Create Partnerships With Recovery Housing; Developing a Pilot Project for Managed Care Organizations to Offer Recovery Housing Vouchers for People Exiting Residential Treatment; and Increasing Representation of Recovery Housing Advocates on Statewide and Regional Planning Groups Related to Affordable Housing and Homelessness. Goal 3: Expand Employment Opportunities for Individuals in Recovery. Strategies to Achieve This Goal Include: Establishing a Resume Database to Match Job Seekers in Recovery With Employers; Providing Training to Employers on the Benefits of Hiring People in Recovery; Creating and Promoting a Recovery Friendly Business Designation; and Creating a Career Networking Program to Link People in Early Recovery With People in Long-term Recovery for Networking. Goal 4: Improve Public Understanding About Recovery and Erode Stigma Associated With Substance Use Disorders. Wra Will Achieve This Goal Through a Combination of Earned Media and Social Media Messaging; Support for High Profile Events Celebrating Recovery; and Working With Latinx Community Organizations to Mount a Culturally Specific Strategy to Combat Sud Stigma and Education on Treatment Access. in This Project, Wra Will Work With Partners Including Three Regional Recovery Coalitions: Central Washington Recovery Coalition; North Sound Recovery Coalition; and Benton/franklin Recovery Coalition; With Several Labor Unions and Employee Assistance Programs (eaps); With Oxford House of Washington and the Wa Alliance for Quality Recovery Residences; and With Peer Washington as the Direct Service Provider Partner. Total Persons Served During Grant Period: 1,500