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As a leading community entity charged with providing the most comprehensive, research-based, and accurate information related to substance use, this document is to serve as resource in creating common agreement on the use of legal substances. Although the substances discussed here are legal for adult consumption, there are still significant risks associated with improper use. Most importantly, this document maintains in its position and policy recommendations overarching prevention principles which strive to create healthy individuals and safe communities –

which is to prevent or delay the use of harmful substances by youth.

To access the document, please click HERE.

Brought to you by the Hancock County ADAMHS Board, Findlay-Hancock County Chamber of Commerce, and the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, this program reimburses employers for:

• Development and legal review of employer policies and procedures about substance use issues.
• Training for employees to understand substance use and their employer’s related policies.
• Training to equip supervisors and managers to better manage employees in recovery.
• Recovery-supportive drug testing for prospective and current employees.

For more information, CLICK HERE.

To enroll in the program, CLICK HERE.

You may also contact Zach Thomas, Director of Wellness & Education, ADAMHS

419-424-1985

 

The ongoing pandemic has taken its toll on all of us. We recognize this is especially true for those who are providing services within the community. We are excited to announce a new opportunity for service providers/educators in Hancock County to participate in an easily accessible self-care opportunity, the Hancock County Resiliency Network.

 

The Hancock County Resiliency Network will provide 1-hour session(s) each month to create space for providers to network, identify and monitor symptoms of secondary traumatic stress, expand and rehearse self-care skills, connect with peers to process trauma exposure, and develop your own personal resilience plan. These sessions will be held virtually and facilitated by Bobbi Beale of Care Western Reserve.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

In the fall of 2013, Hancock County ADAMHS, launched a system analysis for improvement and transformation of its behavioral health services. This analysis included an exploration of the relevance of establishing a Recovery Oriented System of Care (ROSC) model for the community. During this process, a full assessment of Hancock County’s existing mental health and substance use disorder treatment service continuum was conducted which included identification of service gaps; recommendations to increase and expand services; aligning systems, programs, practices, and policies in such a manner that uses best science; and unifying a vision of recovery as an opportunity for each person, family, and the community.

This process was guided by the following two principles:

• ROSC provides ongoing monitoring and feedback with assertive outreach efforts to promote continual participation, re-motivation, and reengagement.
• ROSC will be guided by recovery-based processes and outcome measures. Outcome measures will be developed in collaboration with individuals in recovery. Outcome measures will reflect the long-term global effects of the recovery process on the individual, family and community, not just the remission of biomedical symptoms. Outcomes will be measurable and include benchmarks of quality-of-life changes.

ROSC also seeks to build recovery capital. Recovery capital is the measure of assets needed for recovery in an individual, family, and community. Recovery capital is measured at the beginning of a person’s journey into recovery and shows strengths or needs for success. As recovery capital grows, so does the health and resilience of the individual, family, and community.

Finally, ROSC, provides a natural trajectory into population health. The purpose of population health is to improve the health of individuals and the community by advising where to invest resources to address social determinant of health.  By having ROSC focused on the health, wellness and recovery of the entire community, Hancock County will ultimately link the values of the community to service delivery, resulting in optimal health outcomes for all.

What follows is a visual representation of the increasing scope of services, programs, and supports that have expanded during the development, implementation, and sustainment of ROSC in Hancock County.

To read the document in full, click on the link below.

The Impact of a Recovery Oriented System of Care in Hancock County, Ohio

Supporting Documents (9 documents)

• A Preamble for Building Recovery in Hancock County: Core Definitions

  ADAMHS Board Approved August 27, 2013

  An Approach to Further Improve and Integrate Community Health in Hancock County: A Shared Prevention and Treatment Philosophy for Recovery

  Ratified November 2014. Updated August 26, 2020.

  A Community Position on the Value of Life in Hancock County

  Adopted February 21, 2017

  Cultural Awareness Guiding Document

  Drafted December 2017

  A Community Position on the Value of Life in Hancock County: Supporting Document

  Revised September 15, 2020

  Becoming a Community of Belonging: Milestones

  June 2020

  ROSC Score Card

  SFY21, Q4

  Hancock County Opioid & Addictions Task Force Composite Database Report

  December 15, 2021

  ROSC Selected Outcomes Trends

  December 2021

Maneje la ansiedad y el estrés

Cómo lidiar con el estrés y la distancia social durante el brote de coronavirus (COVID-19)

Guía de ayuda para padres y cuidadores para ayudar a las familias a enfrentar la enfermedad Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

Cómo cuidar de su salud conductual

Hable con sus hijos sobre el COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Mental Health First Aid is a public education program that introduces participants to the risk factors and warning signs of mental illness, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common supports.

Like CPR, Mental Health First Aid prepares participants to interact with a person in crisis and connect the person with help. People who complete the course do not take on the role of professionals – they do not diagnose or provide any counseling or therapy. Instead, the program offers concrete tools and answers key questions like “What do I do?” and “Where can someone find help?”

To learn more about Mental Health First aid or to attend an upcoming class, visit FOCUS Recovery and Wellness Community (www.focusrwc.org) or call 419-423-5071

A preamble for Building Recovery in Hancock County — Core Definition

At the May 23, 2013, Community Advisory Meeting, the following definitions of recovery, recovery-oriented systems of care with defined elements and recovery management with Guiding Principles of recovery were presented as a potential foundation for care provided within Hancock County. Upon approval of that community advisory group, the following core definitions are presented as a “Preamble for Care” to be provided within Hancock County:

Initial definition of recovery:

Recovery is a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their potential as delineated over four measured dimensions: health, home, purpose and community (SAMHSA, 2012).

Recovery from alcohol and drug problems is a process of change through which an individual achieves abstinence and improved health, wellness, and quality of life (SAMHSA, 2012).

The implementation of this definition and care will be guided by 12 Principles of Recovery:

• There are many pathways to recovery
• Recovery will be self-directed and empowering
• Recovery involves a personal recognition of the need for change and transformation
• Recovery is holistic involving the body, mind, relationships and spirit
• Recovery has cultural dimensions
• Recovery exists on a continuum of improved health and wellness
• Recovery emerges from hope and gratitude
• Recovery is a process of healing and self-definition
• Recovery involves addressing discrimination and transcending shame and stigma
• Recovery is supported by peers and allies
• Recovery is (re) joining and (re) building a life in the communtiy
• Recovery is a reality

To implement a recovery-focused model of care, a philosophical framework of recovery management is best used.  A Recovery Management approach organizes services to provide pre-recovery identification and engagement, recovery initiation and stabilization, long-term recovery maintenance, and quality of life enhancement for individuals and families affected by substance use.

To attain this philosophy of care, a Recovery Oriented System of Care (ROSC) will be designed.

A recovery oriented system of care is a coordinated network of community-based services and supports that is person-centered and builds on the strengths and resliencies of individuals, families and communities to achieve abstinence and measured improved health, wellness and quality of life for those with or at risk (SAMHSA, 2011).

The recovery-oriented system of care will be guided by 17 Elements of Care. In addition to being evidenced based care all care shall be:

• Strength based
• Person-centered
• Individualized and comprehensive and capable of services across a life-span
• Culturally responsive
• Responsive to personal belief systems
• Inclusive of family and other ally involvement
• Committed to peer recovery support systems
• Inclusive of the voices and experiences of recovering individuals and their families
• Integrated with other needed services
• Open to System-wide education and training
• Anchored in the community
• Be capable of providing a continuity of care over time
• Reflect a partnership-consultant relationship of the provided with the individual, family and community
• Capable of providing ongoing monitoring and outreach of the client
• Outcomes driven
• Research and science based
• Adequately and flexibly financed.

The recovery-oriented system of care will include prevention, intervention, treatment and continuing care (e.g. post-treatment check-ups). It will lead to a community where people have a stake in designing and improving the quality of life for all in the community. Benchmarks and measures of outcomes (e.g. White, 2008) with documented progress will be designed and monitored by the community.

What is Addiction?

Addiction is a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences. People with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences. Prevention efforts and treatment approaches for addiction are generally as successful as those for other chronic diseases.

Adopted by the ASAM Board of Directors September 15, 2019

What is Recovery?

Recovery is a process of change that permits an individual to make healthy choices and improve the quality of his or her life.

• There are many pathways to recovery. Individuals are unique with specific needs, strengths, goals, health attitudes, behaviors and expectations for recovery.
• Pathways to recovery are highly personal, and generally involve a redefinition of identity in the face of crisis or a process of progressive change.
• Furthermore, pathways are often social, grounded in cultural beliefs or traditions, and involved informal community resources, which provide support for sobriety.