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Arrow Pointe announces first-responder peer-support group and hires recovery director
Summary
Arrow Pointe Mental Health Center told the county board it will establish a peer-support group for first responders led by retired officers and has hired a full-time substitute recovery director; the center also discussed outreach and programming tied to county reentry efforts.
Arrow Pointe Mental Health Center representatives updated the county board on local behavioral-health initiatives, including plans to establish a peer-support group for local first responders and the conversion of a part-time staff position to a full-time substitute recovery director.
At the committee meeting, Arrow Pointe said staff met with several retired officers who will lead the new peer-support group for first responders. The center also described planned programming tied to reentry work — programs designed to support people leaving jail who have active court cases or are on probation.
County staff and Arrow Pointe noted collaboration between mental-health staff, sheriff’s deputies and other justice-system partners on offender compliance checks and reentry services. The center reported hiring an employee who had worked part time since 2016 into the full-time substitute recovery director role.
Arrow Pointe requested continued coordination with county departments as the peer-support and reentry programs are developed; no county funding appropriation was announced at the meeting.
