Peer 360 Recovery Alliance

PEER 360 RECOVERY ALLIANCE EXISTS TO SERVE THE DIVERSE RECOVERY COMMUNITIES, THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OFFERING A UNIFIED VOICE AND A SHARED RECOVERY VISION.

PEER 360 CONDUCTS TRAINING SERVICES TO RECOVERY COACHES FOR CERTIFICATION AND OTHER SPECIALTY TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022, 76 DAYS OF TRAINING WERE PROVIDED TO 811 PARTICIPANTS AS COMPARED TO 47 DAYS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TO APPROXIMATELY 408 PARTICIPANTS IN 2021. THE NUMBER OF TRAININGS WERE HIGHER IN THE CURRENT YEAR AS DEMAND FOR THESE TRAININGS HAS INCREASED.

PEER 360 CONTRACTS WITH TRAINED RECOVERY COACHES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT GROUPS FOR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TO HELP THEM BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN FORMAL TREATMENT AND THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY. THESE GROUPS ARE CONDUCTED AT CONVENIENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 2021 A HYBRID OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL GROUPS AND ENCOUNTERS WERE CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT PANDEMIC. IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, APPROXIMATELY 2,574 GROUPS WERE CONDUCTED SERVING 29,929 TOTAL ATTENDEES, AND 4,863 INDIVIDUAL ENCOUNTERS WERE INITIATED. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, 1,846 RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS WERE CONDUCTED SERVING 23,450 ATTENDEES AND 7,171 INDIVIDUAL ENCOUNTERS WERE CONDUCTED. GROUP SESSIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN THE CURRENT YEAR DUE TO INCREASING IN-PERSON GROUPS POST-PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS KEEPING MANY OF THE VIRTUAL OFFERINGS THAT WERE STARTED DURING THE PANDEMIC DUE TO CONTINUED DEMAND. IN ADDITION MID-2021, NEW FUNDING SUPPORTED A SPECIAL PROGRAM BRINGING RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN ISABELLA COUNTY, WHICH HAS BEEN GROWING EVER SINCE.

TO HELP REDUCE THE STIGMA OF ADDICTION IN EACH OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT A SOBER LIFESTYLE, PEER 360 CONTRACTORS, EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZE SOBER SOCIAL EVENTS WITHIN THESE COMMUNITIES AND PARTICIPATE IN OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. DURING 2022, APPROXIMATELY 71 RECOVERY COMMUNITY SOCIAL EVENTS (BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL) WERE ORGANIZED WITH TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 3,527 AS COMPARED TO 106 RECOVERY EVENTS WITH TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 10,157 IN 2021. SOCIAL EVENTS TENDED TO BE SMALLER IN-PERSON EVENTS WITHIN SINGLE COMMUNITIES IN 2022, WHEREAS LARGER MULTI-COUNTY EVENTS WERE PURSUED IN 2021. PEER 360 PARTICIPATED IN 24 OUTREACH EVENTS IN 2022 REACHING 10,399 PARTICIPANTS AS COMPARED TO 5 ELECTRONIC/VIRTUAL EVENTS IN 2021 REACHING AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 4,500 PARTICIPANTS.