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Parent Partnership chair urges state to expand intensive supports after recounting ReMerge recovery
Summary
Sunny Jamerson, chair of OCCY’s Parent Partnership Board, described her recovery through the ReMerge program and urged the commission to expand state-supported access to longer-term, wraparound treatment similar to ReMerge; she cited program outcomes and savings to the state.
Sunny Jamerson, chair of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth Parent Partnership Board, told commissioners how long-term, wraparound programs shaped her recovery and argued that state-funded treatment options for people with opioid and other substance use disorders are currently too short and uneven.
Jamerson said she completed a ReMerge program that provided 18 months of structured services and post-treatment supports. She contrasted that experience with typical state- or Medicaid-funded residential…
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