Project Grant H79TI088918

The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania Inc. $350,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.490) to implement peer recovery support services for adults with substance use disorders in rural southeastern Pennsylvania.

The recipient will operate the PRO-ACT Rural Recovery Center Without Walls, a mobile engagement model delivering individualized peer recovery support services to 300 unduplicated adults ages 18 and older with substance use disorders or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders across three years (75 in year one, 100 in year two, 125 in year three). The service area encompasses approximately 259,000 residents in Schuylkill County (145,000) and rural Berks County (114,073).

Interventions include motivalized interviewing, trauma-informed care, strength-based care management, relapse prevention therapy, individual recovery plan development, peer mentoring and coaching, and family recovery supports. The project delivers telehealth and face-to-face peer recovery support services, referral to community services, pre-employment counseling and employment support through Gateway to Work, family education, and navigation to recovery housing. The clinical population includes individuals stabilizing on FDA-approved medication for opioid use disorder, individuals with overdose history, veterans, and system-involved adults including those reentering after incarceration and those with child-welfare involvement.

Work is performed in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, with a period of performance from September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2029.