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Recovery group tells Decatur City Council it can provide opioid assessments, peer and family support
Summary
Representatives from a regional recovery hub described assessment, referral and peer-support services they say are available to Decatur residents and asked the city to consider a local presence; presenters cited prior assessments for Decatur and proposed annual reporting.
Representatives from a regional recovery organization told the Decatur City Council they can provide on-demand opioid assessments, referrals to state-certified treatment providers, peer support and family services and asked the council to consider supporting a local presence.
The presentation, given by Mary Matthews, Cheryl Russell and Kimberly Lamar and summarized by a presenter identified as an executive director (retired) with the partnership, outlined a model in which a recovery resource hub performs intake assessments, refers clients to three state-certified providers and provides peer and family navigation, community education and limited outreach services.
Why it matters: Council members heard that immediate assessment and navigation can shorten the time from contact to treatment in opioid cases and that the organization…
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