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The Healing Place Peer-Based Substance Abuse Recovery A Best Practice Recommendation in the Governor’s Housing Policy Framework for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prepared by. Representing Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach.

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  1. The Healing Place Peer-Based Substance Abuse RecoveryA Best Practice Recommendation in the Governor’s Housing Policy Framework for the Commonwealth of Virginia Prepared by Representing Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach

  2. Homelessness & Substance Abuse in Hampton Roads The problem is big: • 10,000 homeless in Hampton Roads* per year • 77% need services for addiction • 23% are veterans but… • Shelters require sobriety before admittance • Virginia lacks capacity for recovery services • Many cycle through costly hospitals and jails * Includes Annual HUD Point-in-Time Count data from Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Western Tidewater, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Poquoson, Gloucester, York County and James City County.

  3. The cost of substance abuse to the State and Localities was $613 million in 2006 Health-Related Services $27 Million Public Safety $586 Million Treatment for State Employees 7% Law Enforcement 31% Uninsured 17% Incarceration 47% Medicaid 76% Adjudication 13% Probation 9% Motor Vehicle Crashes < 1% Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, 2008, Mitigating the Costs of Substance Abuse in Virginia.

  4. Identified Solution – The Healing Place • Costs less than $30.00 per day per client • 65% - 70% remain sober 1 yr. later (other programs average 23%) • Relieve jails, prisons and ERs of population that doesn’t need to be incarcerated

  5. Program Overview • A non-profit, peer-to-peer residential recovery program: • Grounded in 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of AA • Emphasizes personal responsibility and accountability • Shared leadership • Based upon voluntary vs. coerced recovery initiation • Men’s Facility • 200 beds for single men (10 reserved for Veterans) • Women’s Facility • 100 beds for single women (5 reserved for Veterans)

  6. Governance in a Peer-Based Social Model Recovery Program • Participant responsibility for maintaining a safe environment • Peer driven process for resolving conflicts and addressing concerns • Capacity of peers to determine someone’s “status” in the program • Assuming personal responsibility for one’s recovery • Alcohol and other drugs are only part of the problem. Recovery involves global transformations.

  7. Cost Savings Jail $78 State Detox Center $286 ER $700 The Healing Place <$30 EMS Transport $527

  8. Service Area The Healing Place of Hampton Roads will serve the following areas: Northern Neck Lancaster County Northumberland County Richmond County Westmoreland County Peninsula Hampton Newport News Poquoson Williamsburg James City County York County Middle Peninsula Essex County Gloucester County King and Queen County King William County Mathews County Middlesex County Western Tidewater Franklin Suffolk Isle of Wight County Southampton County South Hampton Roads Chesapeake Portsmouth Norfolk Virginia Beach Middle Peninsula Essex County Gloucester County King and Queen County King William County Mathews County Middlesex County Eastern Shore Accomack County Northampton County

  9. The Healing Place of Wake County The Healing Place of Hampton Roads will be modeled on the high quality facility and programming in Wake County, NC.

  10. The Healing Place of Wake County Courtyard of the Men’s Facility in Wake County.

  11. The Healing Place of Wake County Women’s Facility in Wake County.

  12. Physical Design & Incentives ToRecovery Detox Center and Overnight Shelter – no privacy, no storage The Healing Place of Wake County

  13. Physical Design & Incentives to Recovery • Choosing Recover – privacy walls, dressers The Healing Place of Wake County

  14. Physical Design & Incentives to Recovery Maintaining Recovery - semi private “pod”, more privacy, more space The Healing Place of Wake County

  15. Physical Design & Incentives to Recovery Transition Phase: Room withbed, desk, & dressers • Transition participants must: • Teach Recovery Dynamics • Reunify with family • Obtain employment • Find stable housing The Healing Place of Wake County

  16. Proposal for Statewide Network • A public, private partnership with Virginia contributing • $6 million annually (1% of what substance abuse costs Virginia each year) • Richmond: Established 2005 • Hampton Roads:* Estimate Opening in 2013 • Lynchburg: Under Development • Northern Virginia

  17. The Healing Place of Hampton Roads: Proposed Annual Operating Budget Budget figures calculated with guidance from actual costs at The Healing Place of Wake County, NC. $25 per person per day at 90% occupancy. $30 per person per day at 75% occupancy.

  18. To learn more please visit: The Healing Place of Richmond, VA www.thprichmond.org The Healing Place of Wake County, NC www.hpowc.org The Healing Place of Louisville, KY www.thehealingplace.org Contact: Lynanne Gornto, South Hampton Roads Task Force to End Homelessness lgornto@theplanningcouncil.org (757) 622-9268 ext. 3005

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