LIFT Team Members represent the best of what recovery can do for an individual and a reminder of what you can achieve if you stick with your recovery plan because they are a product of and continue to be in Recovery.
The unique relationship between LIFT Team Members and the individual in or seeking recovery is grounded in trust and focused on providing the individual with tools, resources and support to achieve long-term recovery as well as resources in their local communities. LIFT Team Members work in a range of settings including recovery community centers, recovery residences, drug courts and other criminal justice settings, hospital emergency departments, child welfare agencies, homeless shelters, behavioral health and primary care settings.
Our LIFT Team can assist individuals in:
Providing emotional support throughout one’s recovery journey
Connecting individuals with community resources that will support their recovery
Offering help with practical needs, like securing housing or finding a job
Helping find connections to community resources like recovery events and activities
Our LIFT Team Members cannot diagnose or treat addictions, judge or tell individuals what to do. All conversations with our LIFT Team Members are confidential and voluntary.
Peer Advocate Liaisons:
Inspire hope that people can and do recover.
Walk with people on their recovery journey
Dispel myths about what it means to have a mental health condition or substance use disorder
Provide self-help education and links people to tools and resources
Support people in identifying their goals, hopes and dreams, and creating a road map for getting there
*The LIFT Team is funded by the State Opioid Response Grant through the Division of Mental Health and Addiction.
Addiction Recovery Services Programs
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Intensive Outpatient Therapy
Intensive outpatient therapy (IOTs) are treatment programs used to address addictions, depression, eating disorders, or other dependencies that do not require detoxification or round-the-clock supervision. They enable patients to continue with their normal, day-to-day lives in a way that residential treatment programs do not. Whereas residential treatment requires that clients reside on site, clients in intensive outpatient programs live at home.
IOPs are sometimes used in conjunction with inpatient programs as a way of helping clients to more smoothly and seamlessly adapt back into their families and communities. They are designed to establish support mechanisms, help with relapse management, and provide coping strategies. IOPs are a great choice for those who live in a safe and supportive environment and have family and home commitments that prevent them from participating in an in-patient program.
IOPs are not recommended for those that are dealing with severe cases of addiction.
Partial Hospitalization Program
The Partial Hospitalization Program, PHP, is an outpatient treatment program designed to treat individuals that are misusing substances who require a higher level of care than the standard outpatient services, but do not meet the criteria for hospitalization.
Individuals in PHP will receive comprehensive treatment services and medical monitoring during programming hours and return to their place of residence at the end of each day. PHP is a comprehensive recovery program in which individuals work closely with many different treatment professionals such as nurses, peer recovery specialists, therapists and psychiatrists.
The services that make up the PHP program include Outpatient Detox, Medication Management, Group Counseling, Individual Therapy, Holistic Treatments, Aftercare Planning, Primary Health Care and Community Resource and Peer Recovery Specialists.
PHP may provide medications to safely detox off substances, to decrease cravings, block the affects of alcohol or drugs, managing protracted withdrawal symptoms and psychotropic medication. Individual Therapy will be utilized to work on unhealthy behaviors and Group Counseling will focus on specific topics or skills.
Our Treatment Team will work with individuals to ensure their daily health needs, basic community resources such as housing, food and transportation are all addressed. The team will also formulate an after care plan to care for any potential pitfalls after discharge from the plan.
The PHP Program operates Monday through Friday, six (6) hours each day. Priority of admission given to pregnant women, women with dependent children and intravenous drug users.
PHP BrochureMedication-Assisted Treatment
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders as well as sustaining recovery and preventing overdose. This is a clinically driven program and specialized for each patient’s needs.
MAT is primarily used for the treatment of addiction to opioids such as heroin and prescription pain relievers that contain opiates. The prescribed medication operates to normalize brain chemistry, block the euphoric effects of alcohol and opioids, relieve physiological cravings, and normalize body functions without the negative and euphoric effects of the substance used.
Family Health Center uses Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved medications and they are based on the individual’s substance misuse.
The MAT program has proven to be clinically effective and reduced the need for inpatient detoxification services. MAT is a more comprehensive, individually tailored program of medications and behavioral therapy that addresses the needs of the patient. The ultimate goal is a full recovery and the ability to live a self-directed life.
Accudetox
Accudetox is a type of therapy said to be clinically effective and cost efficient in the treatment of substance misuse. This treatment is to control withdrawal symptoms and help patients become more clear-minded.
The Accudetox process is generally administered in a group environment. A provider will place small, sterilized needles into specific parts of the patients’ ears. The group will hold their session and when complete needles will be removed from the patients.
