Detroit Recovery Project is a Recovery Community Organization (RCO) and a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic that provides substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services as well as crisis intervention services for individuals with serious mental illness. DRP is seeking funding to expand and enhance the Building Communities of Recovery (BCOR) initiative to provide recovery support services to individuals affected by substance use disorder (SUD), and co-occurring disorder (OUD), ages 12 and older, residing in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
DRP's BCOR initiative will expand and enhance existing SUD/COD recovery support services by engaging youth and young adults ages 12-17. Our model focuses on providing evidence-based practices to screen participants for SUD/OUD use and providing evidence-based recovery support services to target individual needs, enhance quality of life, and increase the likelihood of achieving long-term recovery. Within four months, DRP will hire and train staff, begin program implementation, and conduct outreach to our local community and collaborative partners. We anticipate serving 100 individuals during Y1 and 150 each subsequent year of funding, totaling 400 participants over three years. The BCOR project will address the barriers that most commonly lead to recidivism with the goal of sustained long-term recovery for all. The goals of this three year project include the following:
Goal 1: Provide multigenerational peer recovery support (PRSS) and co-occurring disorder support for 50 youth and young adults ages 12-17, and 350 individuals over 18, residing in the target area.
Goal 2: Provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate, trauma-informed peer recovery support services to individuals ages 12 and older and their families.
Goal 3: Increase the number of peer recovery support mentors certified, equipped, and mobilized to provide services to individuals of all ages and their families residing in Wayne County.
Goal 4: Decrease the existing stigma regarding SUD/COD treatment and recovery through education, access, and outreach.
If funded, DRP will enhance the methods utilized to engage the adult recovery community and expand its reach into the younger population facing barriers to long-term recovery from SUD/COD.