1. Mississippi Recovery- Resiliency Oriented Care System (R-ROC)
Transformation Efforts
Mental Health -Substance Abuse- Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

2. “Small changes in practice mean big changes in thinking”
State Documents

3. Think Recovery Campaign

4. The ultimate goal of any marketing campaign around transition into ROSC should be to shift the culture of communities, agencies, or people to one of Recovery
Think Recovery

5. Think Recovery- posters, videos, & newsletters
Powerful stories of long term successful recovery in the community!
Think Recovery- posters, videos, & newsletters

7. Training & Credentialing Peers
Develop/adopt a training curriculum for Peers
Culturally sensitive
Learning barriers
Prepare peers for the workforce
Length
Cost effective
Began as 5 day training but reduced to 3 days.
Must complete an exam and obtain employment to be certified
State paid for travel, training, and meals
Training & Credentialing Peers

8. Training & Credentialing Supervisors
Develop a Supervisor Training
Management of peers brings about a unique perspective
Quality supervision is a must
Supervisors need to be flexible
Ethics need to be understood
Supervisors MUST supervise the peers
Recovery Academy(School) Proposed
The workforce may never been able to work in the field or at all for that matter
They may have more ‘street’ sense that you feel comfortable with
They may require leave time when you need them the most
Training & Credentialing Supervisors

9. Training Organizations
Hosted several statewide meeting to discuss R-ROC
Did not do a great job in readying organizations for transition
Training Organizations

11. Goals for Collaborative
Transform policy, organizational culture, and practice to reflect a recovery and resiliency framework.
Identify and implement best-practice recovery and resiliency-informed assessments, planning tools, and interventions for adults.
Align funding streams to support an effective service delivery system.
Develop organizational infrastructure to support on- going monitoring and delivery of high-quality recovery and resiliency services.
Facilitate authentic engagement and full partnership with the consumer and their support network.
Goals for Collaborative

12. Teams had to consist of:
Consists of 7 teams representing multiple disciplines and service provision
Teams had to consist of:
Senior leader
Supervisor
Therapist
Community Support Specialist
Peer
Metrics Coordinator
Total time of collaborative is 1 year

13. Financing

14. Financial Restructuring
Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Services issued a series of mini-grants ($200,000) to encourage the use of peer support and aid in the transition to Recovery Support Services
Outreach/Aftercare became known as Recovery Support
Standards were revised and initiated
Currently considering how to better fund
Financial Restructuring

15. Peer Support Specialist Network
Representative of all consumers and family member across the state providing peer support
Will help in the development of the Recovery Academy
Funded through consumer support grant
Consideration in having their own conference
Peer Support Specialist Network

16. Bringing Recovery Support to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) – Policy Academy
Olmstead Policy Academy
Other Initiatives

17. Recap Think Recovery Campaign
Training for Credentialing of Peer Support Specialists
Recovery and Resiliency Breakthrough Series Collaborative
Bringing Recovery Support to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) – Policy Academy
Olmstead Policy Academy
Recap