Hunterdon county building communities of recovery - prevention resources, INC.'s application for the hunterdon county building communities of recovery will provide services in hunterdon county, a…

Hunterdon county building communities of recovery - prevention resources, INC.'s application for the hunterdon county building communities of recovery will provide services in hunterdon county, a rural area with a population under 125,000, an area in need of prevention and treatment services. Hunterdon has the fourth highest rise in per capita death rates for overdoses in new jersey. The overall goal of the project is to improve long term recovery for persons with substance use disorder and addiction by building connections throughout hunterdon county. Through these efforts the stigma associated with drug/alcohol addiction will be reduced and there will be improved public education and outreach on issues relating to drug/alcohol addiction and recovery by people in recovery in english and spanish. This program will provide education programs about recovery to increase the utilization of peer recovery support programs. The program will also provide prevention education programs focused on helping friends, family, and loved ones understand more about the disease through evidenced based practices to successfully navigate the pathways to recovery. The program also focuses on addressing the uneven recovery in the community specifically for the low income and latino communities reducing any language barriers and focusing on bilingual peer recovery specialists. The program will also collaborate with the medical community and professionals to address the shortage of medical resources for individuals in recovery through quarterly education and informational sessions resulting in a more integrated network of resources. The program will also train the medical community on sbirt, screening brief intervention and referral to treatment training and will deliver 12 trainings to health providers to prevent the onset and / or reduce the progression of alcohol, opioid and /or marijuana use. 400 individuals in the hunterdon county community will be directly impacted from these new peer recovery support services and prevention education reducing relapse and improving recovery pathways.