MO-KAN building communities of recovery - the MO-KAN building communities of recovery project, to provide mentoring, support, case management, and recovery services for peers ages 14 - 65 with…

MO-KAN building communities of recovery - the MO-KAN building communities of recovery project, to provide mentoring, support, case management, and recovery services for peers ages 14 - 65 with substance use issues in kansas and missouri counties identified as hot spot counties and neighboring counties. Poetry for personal power (P3) is a nationally recognized expert on trauma and resilience, incorporated and headquartered in kansas city, KS. In missouri, targeted counties will include the counties of ST. Louis, cass, clay, lafayette, jackson, and boone. In kansas, the targeted counties will include the counties of johnson, shawnee, wyandotte, seward, ford, finney, sedgwick, allen, and leavenworth. Based on the demographics of these counties, P3 anticipates that this population will be 55% african american, 15% hispanic/latino, 25% caucasian, with 5% asian, native american, or other races/ethnicities. A growing number of kansas and missouri residents have a substance use disorder. An estimated 388,000 missouri residents had a substance use disorder during the past year. They included 21,000 adolescents, 98,000 young adults, and 269,000 adults older than 25. The five-year trend data and annual hospital or facility admissions data indicate that methamphetamine remains the primary illicit substance of abuse in patients admitted for treatments ages 12 and older in kansas. IT was about triple (26.5%) the national average of 8.8% in 2015 and increased to 34.1% in 2016. The goal for this project is to create a larger community of recovery throughout kansas and missouri through peer recovery programming, case management, and a variety of group, workshop, and certification course offerings. Throughout the grant period, P3 will serve approximately 8,500 individuals: 2,500 in year one and 3,000 per year in years two and three. Individuals participating in this program will receive one-on-one peer support and mentoring from lived-experience peer experts. Critical objectives of this project include: 1) engage peers struggling with substance use issues in 1:1 peer support services including case management and connection to community resources for peers struggling with substance use issues; 2) decrease hospitalizations and increase individual resilience; 3) stabilize peers in their respective communities including lower arrest rates, progression or stabilization in employment or education, and resources to help secure their environment; 4) increase the # of peer recovery coaches per targeted county; and 5) host peer outreach events to connect peers struggling with substance use to services, resources, and support.