Recovery Work Group Meeting

Date/Time: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 from 4:30–6:00 p.m. via Zoom

AGENDA 

1.  Work group introductions and norms 

2.  Work group business items: 

  a.  Approval of January meeting minutes  

  b.  ED-RSS update  

3.  Public relations

  a.  Who wants to contribute to the Facebook page?  

  b.  Other ideas for how to boost PR? 

4.  RCO/ROSC support 

  a.  Recovery-Ready Workplace Toolkit development 

5.  Data – Recommendations for OBH in tracking recovery-related data 

  a.  Proposal to OBH for SOR carry-over funds: Recovery Data Needs Assessment 

“In 2019, the Colorado Health Institute’s recovery resource landscape and gap analysis identified a need for standardized data systems to collect recovery-related data to inform funding and support services. With many existing recovery data platforms available, research is needed as to which platforms could effectively track recovery capital metrics and provide useful analysis of those metrics in Colorado’s unique care continuum.”  

– What do we want this “comparative analysis” to show us?  

6.   Formalization of the field –  

  a.  Colorado Peer & Family Specialist testing/application/renewal fees will soon be reimbursed through OBH (through 9/22)!! Eligible if receipts are dated from September 2019 later – you can contact Victor King with questions: vking@mhpcolorado.org 

  b.  Funding to host 2-3 Regional conferences – Consider at least one virtual – Need planning committee 

  c.   Employer guide to the peer professional – role, scope, benefit to the organization. What a peer professional is, what they are not. Need subcommittee to finalize this.

7.   Funding announcements/updates –  

  a.  The Colorado Health Foundation: Supporting Recovery Through Non-clinical Programs: Deadlines are February 15 and June 15. https://coloradohealth.org/funding-opportunities/funding-opportunity-supporting-coloradans-recovery-through-non-clinical?utm_campaign=fyi_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery  

8.  Consortium announcements/updates 

  a.  Jen Place – needs panel presenter with workplace-supported recovery story for August 31^st (IOAD) – reach out to Jen if interested: jennifer.place@cuanschutz.edu 

9.  Guest and member announcements/updates 

  a.  CCAR – Multiple Pathways of Recovery Conference, May 11-13, Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Colorado Springs 

  b.  Western Slope Regional Peer Professional Conference – August

10.  Adjournment/Next Meeting: April 12, 2022, from 4:30-6:00 p.m.