Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Stephen Kaplan, Interim Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Measure K: Agreement with Voices of Recovery San Mateo County for Consumer-Operated, Self-Help, and Peer-Support Services, and Wellness and Recovery Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Voices of Recovery San Mateo County for consumer-operated, self-help, and peer-support services, and wellness and recovery services for the term July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $597,787.
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BACKGROUND:
Voices of Recovery San Mateo County (VORSMC) is the only agency in the County that provides consumer-operated self-help and peer-support services for individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. In an effort to support those who have been affected by addiction, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence collaborated with local stakeholders to create VORSMC.
VORSMC's services are essential to supporting consumers as they progress through all phases of wellness/recovery, including periods of relapse. Peer-support services are cost effective and have been found to engage clients who otherwise may not be able to participate in community activity programs on their own.
DISCUSSION:
VORSMC will provide consumer-operated, self-help, and peer-support services for individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, and support through a total wellness program. In particular, VORSMC will provide Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) groups to formerly incarcerated adults through the Criminal Justice Realignment Act, and Drug Court clients and individuals as they transition to the aftercare phase of treatment. WRAP is a self-designed plan for staying well, increasing personal responsibility, and improving...
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