MHAAO is an inclusive peer-run organization dedicated to self-direction
honoring the voice of lived experience
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We have a lot to Celebrate here at MHAAO!
Congrats to
Justin Schumacher for celebrating 2 years of recovery!
Congrats to
Cee Carver for being a part of the MHAAO team for 4 years!
Congrats to
Jessica Cardinal for the birth of her brand new baby boy and her upcoming 5 years of recovery!
Congrats to
Marianne O'Neil-Tutor for getting her CADC1!
Congrats to
Amy St
ocker,
who
was selected to be a part of the Oregon Opioid Tapering task force, which is sponsored by Oregon Health Authority, and will be making guidelines for tapering individuals off of opiates
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Admin:
- To celebrate our entire staff, we will be hosting the Company Picnic on August 3rd! More information to come!
- Planning for Peerpocalypse 2020 is underway. The 2020 conference will be held April 20-23 and will return to Seaside, Oregon.
Office Yoga Classes:
- Kasey Perdue, MHAAO Admin Assistant, is a Certified yoga instructor and has generously offered to lead staff yoga classes at the MHAAO Hancock office!
- Wednesday, July 17th at 10 am is our next yoga class!
Equity Initiative:
- The EDI Committee will be meeting for a BRSS TACS retreat on July 23rd and 24th, from 10-11am.
- This retreat will allow the committee to create infrastructure and to determine mission, vision, and goals specific to the committee. This will be facilitated through a BRSS TACS grant.
- Next week, starting July 13th-21st, is Latino Conservation Week! Learn more here!
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The Mad Hatter Tea Party will be
October 27th!
Tickets are now on sale
here
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Please help us spread the word by adding the above image to your email signature and by posting on social media.
Please let Kaity McCraw know if you need help adding this image to your email signature!
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We will be doing an all-staff volunteering event during work hours as a fun team building exercise!
When: July 19th, 9am-1pm
Where:
Rosemont Bluff Natural Area, a 5 min drive from the Hancock office
What:
This park is part of Portland Parks and Recreation. This small park is often overrun with invasive species and accumulates litter. We hope we can help parks and rec staff realize the potential of this hidden Portland park.
Details:
- Please dress for the weather in layers with sturdy, closed-toe shoes.
- Bring a water bottle, and we'll provide snacks!
- All supplies and training will be provided.
- If you haven't already done so, please RSVP here!
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- HACC Resident Services Peer Support Program is set to start in early July.
- Evolve Project Nurture: Kasey Edwards will be supporting the Providence N. Portland office as they form their own Project Nurture program.
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- MCMHDC: This contract is getting close to its end date of September 30th, 2019. We now have a PM (Elmer Morris) who also has a small caseload of peers on the MHC. We are hoping to add an additional FTE to this contract when it renews in the fall. There are additional funds being applied for by our contract partner, Multnomah County, and whether they are awarded will determine if an additional FTE peer can come aboard.
- MC-HB 4143 and Jail Navigator Program: We are moving forward with the hospital program for recent opiate overdose survivors and those at risk of opiate overdose. We will be rolling this program out with Legacy Emanual Hospital. The program will be managed by Reina Bower and have an additional 3 FTE PSS.CRM peer provider positions that we will be hiring for in the coming months. Reina also manages the MC Jail Navigator program, which has a 1.0 FTE PSS/CRM.
- Clackamas HOPE program: We are continuing to build this program with our partners, Clackamas County Public Health, Clackamas County Fire, Corrections, and Milwaukie Police. We have a PM and a 1.0 FTE PSS/CRM in place. We are at the stage of building program capacity and identifying additional referral sources to provide the correct amount of peer to peer support for our 1.0 PSS/CRM.
- Clackamas County is in the process of Hiring a new 1.0 FTE PSS/CRM. We will be sending out interview invites on Monday, June 17th and hopefully, we will have a new PSS/CRM hired by the 1st week of July.
- OHSU: We are fully staffed at 2.75 FTE and the program is running smoothly. We are planning to expand the OHSU program (this will be a new program, not IMPACT) to provide MAT services on demand for people in the ED. There will be a 1.0 FTE peer attached to this program. We are considering the need for a PM to manage the 2 OHSU programs and supervise what would be 4 PSS/CRM positions.
- JOIN: We are considering having Elmer Morris, who manages the MCHDC program step into the role of a PM for this program. Currently, the 1.0 FTE PSS/CRM is supervised by the Evolve East Director.
- BHU: is nearing the end of its grant cycle. We will be responding to RFP soon. The new contract is expected to remain with MHAAO and would begin on 7-1-19. There are two 1.0 FTE PSS/CRM positions and a PM, Angele Whinn.
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- Marianne did a great job setting up very successful table at Peerpocalypse - interacted with hundreds of interested peers. Grant period ended 5/31. Over the next three months, Adrienne will be working on the full three-year report to submit to SAMHSA.
- OHA Needs Assessment: Preliminary discussion groups have occurred. Meeting scheduled with Oregon Health Authority later this month to review survey.
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- Recruitment continues for community of practices. Over 50 names of interested persons were collected at Peerpocalypse. Adrienne shared information on CoPs at Peer Support Reception at Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference. Two CoPs to be held this month.
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- Peer Wellness Specialist is coming up in July and August! Check out the training dates here. So far, there are 24 students signed up!
- PWS training is now approved for the CRM certification and the price has been increased to $900.
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- Adrienne presented at Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference on "Exploring Recovery Through PeerZone."
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OHSU IMPACT STORY
"After 8 weeks in the hospital, one of my peers just graduated residential treatment at Coda Gresham. She was also chosen to receive a Section 8 voucher through the program that Marianne was helping with.
This is a girl that's been using heroin since she was 12 years old and is now 22 with 90 days of sobriety for the 1st time since she started using...pretty cool!"
-Amy Stocker, PSS for OHSU's Impact Team
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