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POWER OF COMMUNITY & HEALING PROJECT - UNDER THE PROPOSED POWER OF COMMUNITY & HEALING PROJECT (PCHP), WE WILL IMPROVE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (RSS) IN NEW YORK CITY (NYC), WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON 115TH STREET TO 130TH STREET FROM 1ST AVENUE TO FIFTH AVENUE IN HARLEM, NEW YORK. HOWEVER, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEEDS OF THE JUSTICE-INVOLVED COMMUNITY ARE GREAT AND HOPE TO EXTEND OUTREACH BEYOND THE OUTLINED CATCHMENT AREA INTO OTHER HARLEM, BRONX AND BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL. FURTHERMORE, WHILE WE ANTICIPATE MANY POWER OF HEALING PARTICIPANTS WILL RESIDE IN HARLEM, PCHP WILL BE OPEN TO JUSTICE-INVOLVED PEOPLE IN RECOVERY THROUGHOUT NYC. AS A RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (RCO), WE OPEN OUR DOORS TO ALL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE JUSTICE-SYSTEM AND RECOVERY, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF CRIME, LENGTH OF SENTENCE AND/OR TIME STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION OR IN RECOVERY, OR LENGTH OF TIME SINCE THEIR LAST INCARCERATION. UNDER THE PCHP, WE WILL INCREASE OUR TREATMENT CAPACITY TO SERVE 15 ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS IN YEAR 1 (4-MONTH PLANNING PERIOD AND 8-MONTH PROGRAM PERIOD), 30 IN YEAR 2, AND 40 IN YEAR 3, TOTALING 85 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS OVER 3 YEARS. IN ADDITION, WE WILL CONDUCT AT LEAST 56 OUTREACH EFFORTS OVER THE COURSE OF 3 YEARS (8 IN YEAR 1, 24 IN YEAR 2, AND 24 IN YEAR 3), AS WELL AS HOST A HEALTH AND RECOVERY FAIR IN YEARS 2 AND 3. WE ANTICIPATE REACHING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THROUGH THESE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY & HEALING PROJECT (PCHP) HAS A THREE-PRONG APPROACH – (1) RECOVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM; (2) OUTREACH EFFORTS; AND, (3) HEALTH AND RECOVERY FAIRS – TO MOBILIZE RESOURCES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY TO INCREASE THE PREVALENCE AND QUALITY OF LONG-TERM RECOVERY SUPPORT FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION FOR LOW-INCOME, JUSTICE-INVOLVED NYC RESIDENTS. PCHP PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN 6-MONTHS OF CLINICAL TREATMENT THROUGH OUR NYS OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES (OASAS)-LICENSED 822 OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT CLINIC – THE WELLNESS CENTER. DURING TREATMENT, THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INDIVIDUAL CASE MANAGEMENT SESSIONS, AS WELL AS AT LEAST 2 EVIDENCE-BASED/INFORMED GROUP SESSIONS PER WEEK. ENROLLMENT IN GROUPS SUCH AS SEEKING SAFETY, ANGER MANAGEMENT, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, HEALTHY COPING SKILLS, RELAPSE PREVENTION, AND/OR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE BASED ON INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS AND CAN CHANGE THROUGHOUT COURSE OF TREATMENT (DEPENDING ON NEED). PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE TOXICOLOGY SCREENINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS. PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO BE CONNECTED TO OUR RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES AND HOLISTIC WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTS, INCLUDING ACCESS TO OUR CENTER FOR TRAUMA INNOVATION, INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC, AND OUR ROBUST WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS. THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE POWER IN COMMUNITY & HEALING PROJECT (PCHP), OUR PROJECT COORDINATOR, CASAC, NORA ROLLINS AND RECOVERY COACH, GREGORY IRIZARRY, WILL ENGAGE IN RIGOROUS OUTREACH EFFORTS. WE WILL PROMOTE EDUCATION ABOUT RECOVERY, AND OUTREACH ON ISSUES RELATING TO DRUG/ALCOHOL ADDICTION AND RECOVERY. WE WILL HOST HEALTH AND RECOVERY FAIRS IN YEARS 2 AND 3 DESIGNED TO REDUCE DISCRIMINATION AND/OR NEGATIVE ATTITUDES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH ADDICTION AND IN RECOVERY FROM DRUG/ALCOHOL ADDICTION.
