IBH addiction recovery's integrated pathways to recovery: housing, treatment, and peer support for adults with SUD/COD in northeast ohio IBH addiction recovery, founded in 1970, is a highly…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Interval Brotherhood Homes Inc., doing business as IBH Addiction Recovery, $1,101,687 on September 30, 2025, under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) to expand and enhance access to integrated treatment, recovery housing, and peer recovery support services.

IBH Addiction Recovery will deliver screening and assessment for substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders, suicide risk screening, harm reduction services, tobacco cessation activities, peer recovery support services, case management, and ongoing clinical treatment to indigent adults ages 18 and older diagnosed with SUD and COD in Northeast Ohio. The initiative addresses a documented gap in recovery housing for this population following treatment, recognizing that stable housing and continued support improve recovery outcomes and reduce relapse rates.

The recipient, a nonprofit organization founded in 1970 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, serves as a leading treatment provider in the region. Work is performed in New Franklin, Ohio. The award period runs from September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028.

IBH addiction recovery's integrated pathways to recovery: housing, treatment, and peer support for adults with SUD/COD in northeast ohio IBH addiction recovery, founded in 1970, is a highly effective nonprofit organization and leading treatment provider in northeast ohio. Integrated pathways to recovery integrates clinical interventions, therapeutic recovery housing, and the invaluable contributions of peer recovery supporters to foster hope, connection, and long-term well-being for individuals with SUD/COD on their journey to recovery. IBH addiction recovery proposes to expand and enhance access to treatment, recovery housing, and recovery support services to indigent adult men and women, ages 18 and older, diagnosed with SUD and COD in northeast ohio. Individuals with SUD/COD have better outcomes when both disorders are treated concurrently. However, there is a lack of recovery housing for this population after treatment. Stable and affordable housing is a critical determinant of health and recovery, and research shows that individuals with SUD/COD see improved outcomes and reduced relapse rates when living in a stable recovery home. Once an individual leaves treatment, IT can be overwhelming to RE-enter society. Therefore, individuals recovering from SUD/COD need extra support and supervision to ensure long-term success. This initiative will focus on ensuring this population has access to recovery housing, case management, ongoing treatment, peer recovery support services, and additional support services they need to live a life in long-term recovery. Integrated pathways to recovery services will include screening and assessing for the presence of SUD and/or COD, screening for risk of suicide, services that reduce substance-related harm, tobacco cessation activities, peer recovery support services, case management, and recovery housing. IBH addiction recovery will use evidence-based practices, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and medication-assisted treatment, which are relevant and appropriate for the population. IBH addiction recovery aims to provide treatment and support services to 60 clients in the first year of the project and 210 throughout the lifetime of the project. IBH addiction recovery has the following goals for the proposed project: 1. Increase the number of clients receiving recovery housing at IBH addiction recovery. 2. Increase the number of clients receiving peer support services at IBH addiction recovery. 3. Decrease post-treatment recidivism rates for recovery housing clients. 4. Increase post-treatment housing rates for recovery housing clients. 5. Increase post-treatment abstinence rates for recovery housing clients. By the end of the grant period, counselors will have screened and assessed 210 individuals for the presence of SUD and COD to connect them to treatment and services; peer recovery supporters will have provided peer support services to 80% of project clients receiving treatment at IBH addiction recovery; 60% of project clients will report no new legal involvement, that they are residing in safe, stable, and sober housing, and that they have maintained their abstinence from drugs and alcohol.