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Recovery Oriented Systems of Care Implementation Plan. Maryland Recovery Workgroup October 2008. Maryland Recovery Workgroup. ADAA Director selected members representing county coordinators, providers, recovery community, recovery advocates
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Recovery Oriented Systems of Care Implementation Plan Maryland Recovery Workgroup October 2008
Maryland Recovery Workgroup • ADAA Director selected members representing county coordinators, providers, recovery community, recovery advocates • Task: develop an implementation plan for recovery oriented systems of care in Maryland
Recovery Workgroup Members • Tom Cargiulo– Director, Howard County Substance Abuse Services • Dave Ennis – Western Region Manager, ADAA • Carlos Hardy – Executive Director, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Maryland Chapter • Sue Jenkins – Central Region Manager, ADAA • Yngvild Olsen, MD – Acting Deputy Health Officer, Harford County Health Department • Arnold Ross – Director of Administration, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems • Rebecca Ruggles – Open Society Institute • Bill Rusinko – Research Director, ADAA • Suzan Swanton – Executive Director, Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council • Christina Trenton – Director, Carroll County Long-Term Treatment Center
Workgroup Process • Recovery Workgroup established in November 2007 • What can Maryland do to establish a more recovery-oriented system of care? • Obtain stakeholder input from every jurisdiction – focus groups • Develop an implementation plan by October 2008
Focus Groups • What exists in your community? • What services are absent? • What works well? • What doesn’t work?
Focus Group Members • Treatment Providers • Members of the Recovery Community • Advocates • Family Members • Support Service Providers
Implementation Plan • Goals and Objectives • SWOT Analysis • Focus Group data • Recommendations
Goal: Engage Stakeholder Groups • Involve system stakeholders in system planning, implementation, and evaluation • Who? Representatives of the recovery community and their families, advocates, treatment and support service providers
Goal: Engage Stakeholder Groups • State Level - • Involve stakeholders in planning, implementing and evaluating ADAA policies and practices • Require stakeholder involvement in planning, implementation and evaluation of local services funded by the State • Create opportunities for coalitions of traditional and nontraditional providers to obtain funding for combined services
Goal: System Education • Raise awareness and promote understanding of Recovery Oriented Systems of Care models throughout the prevention and treatment systems, service provider systems, recovery community and broader community.
Goal: System Education • State Level – • Offer courses and workshops to providers • Recruit and train trainers • Obtain curricula from other states, develop new curricula as needed • Become a clearinghouse for resource materials, speakers
Goal: Assign Responsibility for Guiding Transformation • Multiple step, comprehensive process benefits from cohesive leadership at state and community level • State Level - ADAA staff designated to coordinate, guided by steering committee
Goal: Define Standards for Services • State Level – • Operationalize characteristics of recovery-friendly services at all levels of treatment, and for all types of recovery support services. • Provide self-assessment tools that service providers can use to evaluate their programs and develop improvement plans • Connect program self assessment and development of a change plan to funding opportunities
Goal: Change Funding Priorities • State Level – • Apply for Access to Recovery grant funds that will enable ADAA to pay for recovery support services • Buy services that demonstrate alignment with a recovery oriented system of care
Goal: Collaborate with Other Agencies • State Level – • Identify and resolve conflicting policies and practices to remove barriers to utilization of services • Collaborate to jointly fund clusters of services
Goal: Collect Data that Measure Recovery Outcomes • Modify the existing data system (SMART) to enable us to collect and analyze data that measure milestones in the process of recovery
Goal: Collect Data that Measure Recovery Outcomes • State Level – • Redefine what constitutes an episode of treatment • Measure and reward successful linkages among services • Obtain data from nontraditional and recovery support service providers • Define recovery outcomes beyond current measures