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<br /> Each partner will maintain its independent status and communicate and collaborate with the Director of
<br /> Collaborative Operations (DCO) for matters pertaining to the collaborative. All partners will assist in
<br /> recruiting people to serve both as TSRC mentors,trainers, and participants.The initial partners are:
<br /> 1.Wounded Healers of North Carolina, the lead organization,will assign overall administrative,
<br /> cross-collaborative, and programming integration responsibilities to its Director of Collaborative
<br /> Operations. WHNC will maintain all centralized records, monitor referrals, and coordinate
<br /> mentor-matching and programming activities with partners. It will also be responsible for grant
<br /> accounting and reporting.
<br /> 2. Offer House will develop and seek NC state certification for a new, innovative reentry-specific
<br /> Peer Support Training and Certification program. Currently,there is no such credentialling in NC.
<br /> With permission, Offer House will use the state and/or nationally approved curriculum, materials
<br /> and methods developed by Dr. Sandra Smith at Via Hope in Austin,TX as the basis for the NC
<br /> training and certification program. It will also train peer support mentors with lived experience
<br /> of incarceration and substance use disorders to assist and support others with reentry needs and
<br /> guidance in social and cultural acclimation, overcoming barriers to reentry, and mental health
<br /> needs.These needs may be related to depression,post incarceration disorder(PID), a form of
<br /> PTSD4
<br /> 3.Success While In Transition (SWIT) will conduct its reentry training course based on 21
<br /> principles its leaders identified through lived experience in successful reentry.The SWIT training
<br /> manual and methods are designed for use throughout TSRC initiatives, and to be exported to
<br /> other reentry initiatives.Though we have explored reentry programs nationally,TSRC is unaware
<br /> of any similar programs focusing on reentry skill development that include behavioral, social,
<br /> cultural, and community integration components.These will complement the treatments and
<br /> services being provided by local SUD treatment and support practitioners.
<br /> 4. Reentry House Plus will provide transitional living and support for those recently returned,
<br /> make cross organizational referrals, provide venues for TSRC programming for those within and
<br /> outside its house, and promote participation in all TSRC events.
<br /> S.STSG Reentry House (not to be funded under this grant) will provide transitional living and
<br /> support for those recently returned, make cross organizational referrals, provide venues for TSRC
<br /> programming for those within and outside its house, and promote participation in all TSRC
<br /> events.These will occur in Durham.
<br /> Other collaborations:The Collaborative will build on and strengthen close networking relationships with
<br /> organizations separately serving the target population.These will include:
<br /> • Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) programs;
<br /> • In-and out-patient treatment programs for opioid and other substance use disorders (SUD);
<br /> • Local health departments, including their prevention and harm reduction initiatives;
<br /> • Narcotics Anonymous and similar programs;
<br /> • County-based Criminal Justice Resource Programs,jails, prisons, and diversion programs; and
<br /> 4 Facer-Irwin, E., Blackwood, N. J., Bird,A., Dickson, H., McGlade, D.,Alves-Costa, F., & MacManus, D.
<br /> (2019). PTSD in prison settings:A systematic review and meta-analysis of comorbid mental disorders and
<br /> problematic behaviors. PLoS one, 14(9), e0222407.
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