Xchange Recovery

Xchange Recovery is a non-profit organization that provides outreach services, peer support, and medical assistance to unhoused individuals and those struggling with addiction and mental health challenges. The organization employs certified peer counselors and recovery coaches with lived experience to connect individuals to resources and support their recovery journeys.

Xchange Recovery has received several federal grant sub-awards from the City of Vancouver to fund its outreach efforts. One award supports outreach workers who engage with the unhoused population, providing assistance with obtaining identification, enrolling in insurance, accessing medical care, transportation to detox facilities, and other necessary services. Another sub-award from the City of Vancouver funds a street medicine team consisting of volunteer nurses, a nurse practitioner, and certified peer counselors who provide medical attention, wound care, prescription refills, and behavioral health assessments to individuals living on the streets or in encampments. Additionally, Xchange Recovery has received a federal sub-award from the Health Care Authority for substance use disorder-foundational community support service start-up. Through these grants, Xchange Recovery collaborates with government agencies to deliver critical outreach, peer support, and medical services to vulnerable populations, reducing strain on emergency services and promoting recovery.