The RCSP service models are intended to:
- Help prevent relapse
- Promote timely re-entry into treatment
if relapse occurs
- Promote sustained recovery and
an enhanced quality of life for participants.
Currently 23 RCSP grant projects are at various stages in the design
and implementation of peer service programs. Their service models
run the gamut of social support
modalities, including:
- Peer mentoring and coaching
- Peer recovery support groups
and peer-directed adult learning activities
- Concrete
assistance with the
challenges of early recovery such as housing, employment, and parenting
- building community and social networks that are alcohol- and drug-free opportunities to share community
and
celebrate recovery.
Many projects target their services to populations with specific
needs. These groups include:
- Women
- Individuals who identify
themselves in reference
to culture or ethnicity (including recent immigrants)
- People with
co-occurring disorders
- Individuals re-entering
the community from a correctional environment
- Those for
whom trauma (and often
homelessness) are part of the addiction history
- Others.
Some RCSP projects also provide peer services to families.
Peer services have been received enthusiastically by
people in and seeking recovery and their families.
A body of knowledge is emerging in the form of lessons
learned
and concrete "how-to" guidance on how to design and build effective
peer recovery support services.
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