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Inputs SUSTANE “Recovery Fit” Housing
collaborative: Providing recovery
coaches (RC) and home peer leaders (PL).
Current members include (A New Entry; Network For Life; True Light;
Mission of Restoration; Yoo House, Program Director/Data Manager: Project Coordinator: Debra Crovo Recovery Resource Coordinator (RCC): Weed & Seed Partners: Greater Collaborating Partners: Resources: SAMHSA; In-kind location donation |
Activities -Research best practices
and minimum standards for “recovery fit” homes, recovery coaches, and peer
leaders. -Identify other potential
recovery homes in the community. ________________________ -New SUSTANE members
receive license(s) to Client System case management software ________________________ -Potential external peer
mentors are identified and solicited from local churches, recovery groups,
social clubs, etc. ________________________ -Recovery Resource Coordinator (RCC) identifies all
pertinent community resources available to ex-offenders in recovery,
especially in recovery housing. |
Outputs -SUSTANE (RCs and
PLs) meets monthly for two hours at Soaring Eagles
to develop standards and review recovery home applications. -Monthly site visits to select SUSTANE and
potential members for “recovery fit” compliance review. ________________________________ -Monthly 1hr trainings are
held to introduce and review case management software changes and utilization
expectations. -Monthly 2hr new member
training at True Light community center computer lab. -On-site spot training to work through site specific
case management software issues. ________________________________ -RCC trained as -Potential mentors attend bi-monthly orientations and trainings offered by RCC at NFLA ________________________________ RCC meets weekly with -RCC joins the monthly meeting of SUSTANE to share
and receive new community resources directly. |
Outcomes -Objective requirements and screening
process for “recovery fit” homes. -Screening
criteria and application for peer leaders are developed. -“Recovery Fit” homes are identified and
invited to join the SUSTANE collaborative and grant project. ______________________________ -Recovery
Coach is able to electronically track individual peer progress and share data
to be used for aggregate reporting of GPRA outcomes. ______________________________ -Equipped
peer mentors to provide one-on-one interaction with the target population in
“recovery fit” homes. ______________________________ -2-1-1
provides updated and informed resources specific to the recovering / reentry
population in the greater community. -Recovery Coaches and Peer Leaders are equipped with
the latest resource updates to share with peers in the recovery home. |
Target Population
The target population is adult males and females between the ages of 18 to 65, recently discharged from incarceration or treatment facilities with non-violent history of substance abuse, who are otherwise homeless and desire to reside in transitional recovery housing in the Austin/Travis County Texas (see Chart 1). This population will include persons with medication or otherwise manageable co-occurring disorders in physical or mental health. They will be employable, at least part-time, and able to develop self-sufficiency capability leading to long-term recovery, permanent housing, meaningful work and purposeful living.
An Introduction to
SUSTANE
SUSTANE (Servant-leadership Ushering-in Strength Through A New Entry) is a newly formed network of RCO organizations
providing peer-to-peer recovery homes where A New Entry is the founding RCO and
catalyst. This network has coalesced to
increase recovery capital through interlinking peer-to-peer recovery homes. We are firmly linked to the community
of recovering people rather than any treatment institution or protocol. We recognize that there are many roads to
recovery and as a group embrace a holistic approach through healing of the
mind, body, and soul and reconciliation with family and community.
SUSTANE, until recently an unnamed core group, has shared information and best practices over the last year leading up to this application, each member historically providing services independently have joined to mutually benefit under this umbrella of exchange.
Purpose of SUSTANE:
To develop,
implement and refine a peer-to-peer centric framework that promotes the
creation, survival “thrival” and collaboration of
self-sustaining, peer-to-peer recovery homes within
SUSTANE’s objectives are to:
1. Leverage the peer-to-peer environment of recovery homes
2. Develop criteria to qualify transitional homes as “recovery fit”
3. Increase readiness of recovery homes for funding opportunities
4. Implement best practices in transitional housing recovery support
5. Promote tracking and reporting of recovery home outcomes
6. Provide training and support for peer family relationship restoration
7. Create an environment for increased employment opportunity
8. Develop entrepreneurship within the recovery home community
9. Provide access to solutions beyond the recovery home environment
10. Generate an external mentorship network from the larger community
Figure 2. illustrates the interconnection that has been formed by
SUSTANE and the open invitation for other recovery homes to join this
collaboration. Just starting to assert
its identity, SUSTANE is an unprecedented demonstration of cooperation of
recovery homes in
SUSTANE’s deliverables:
1. Selection and adherence standards for Recovery Coaches
2. Selection and adherence standards for Peer Leaders
3. Selection and adherence standards for “Recovery Fit” Homes
4. Definition of peer in the recovery home
5. Defined process of information sharing and peer information protection
6. Client System case management software sharing protocols
7. Defined process of supplementing transportation to support meetings
SUSTANE
Case Management Software
A novel innovation for many of the SUSTANE members is the ability to share in the utilization of a state of the art case management software package called Client System. This tool is used throughout A New Entry’s programs to reduce the paper load and provide universal and protected access to client files and data. The software is securely networked and databased from the vendor site making it accessible from virtually any location, even on a PDA at a wi-fi hot spot.
The value of this software can not be overstated for the ability to rapidly share information and make referrals across recovery homes in the SUSTANE network. The software provides built-in substance abuse and mental health assessment, so that peer changes can be recorded, tracked and compared. This reporting system is HMIS compliant and compatible with a city-wide initiative to understand service utilization by this population who would otherwise be homeless.
