The Healing Place

Peer-Based Substance Abuse Recovery

A Best Practice Recommendation in the Governor’s

Housing Policy Framework for the Commonwealth of Virginia

Prepared by

Representing Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach

Homelessness & Substance Abusein Hampton Roads

10,000 homeless in Hampton Roads* per year 77% need services for addiction 23% are veterans

Shelters require sobriety before admittance Virginia lacks capacity for recovery services Many cycle through costly hospitals and jails

The problem is big:

but…

* Includes Annual HUD Point-in-Time Count data from Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Western Tidewater, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Poquoson, Gloucester, York County and James City County.

Incarceration47%

Law Enforcement

31%

Adjudication13%

Probation 9%Motor Vehicle Crashes < 1%

Public Safety $586 Million

Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, 2008, Mitigating the Costs of Substance Abuse in Virginia.

The cost of substance abuse to the State and Localities was $613 million in 2006

Uninsured 17%

Health-Related Services $27 Million

Treatment for State

Employees 7%

Medicaid 76%

Identified Solution – The Healing Place

• Costs less than $30.00 per day per client

• 65% - 70% remain sober 1 yr. later (other programs average 23%)

• Relieve jails, prisons and ERs of population that doesn’t need to be incarcerated

Program OverviewA non-profit, peer-to-peer residential recovery program:

• Grounded in 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of AA

• Emphasizes personal responsibility and accountability

• Shared leadership

• Based upon voluntary vs. coerced recovery initiation

Men’s Facility• 200 beds for single men (10 reserved for

Veterans)

Women’s Facility• 100 beds for single women (5 reserved for

Veterans)

Governance in a Peer-Based Social Model Recovery Program Participant responsibility for maintaining a safe

environment

Peer driven process for resolving conflicts and addressing concerns

Capacity of peers to determine someone’s “status” in the program

Assuming personal responsibility for one’s recovery

Alcohol and other drugs are only part of the problem. Recovery involves global transformations.

Cost Savings

The Healing

Place<$30

Jail$78

State Detox Center$286

EMS Transport

$527

ER$700

Service Area The Healing Place of Hampton Roads will serve the following areas:

PeninsulaHamptonNewport NewsPoquosonWilliamsburgJames City CountyYork County

South Hampton RoadsChesapeakePortsmouthNorfolkVirginia Beach

Western TidewaterFranklinSuffolkIsle of Wight CountySouthampton County

Northern NeckLancaster CountyNorthumberland CountyRichmond CountyWestmoreland County

Eastern Shore Accomack CountyNorthampton County

Middle PeninsulaEssex CountyGloucester CountyKing and Queen CountyKing William CountyMathews CountyMiddlesex County

The Healing Place of Hampton Roads will be modeled on the high quality facility and programming in Wake

County, NC.

The Healing Place of Wake County

The Healing Place of Wake County

Courtyard of the Men’s Facility in Wake County.

The Healing Place of Wake County

Women’s Facility in Wake County.

Physical Design & Incentives To

Recovery

The Healing Place of Wake County

Detox Center and Overnight Shelter – no privacy, no storage

Choosing Recover – privacy walls, dressers

Physical Design & Incentives to Recovery

The Healing Place of Wake County

Physical Design & Incentives to RecoveryMaintaining Recovery - semi private “pod”, more privacy, more space

The Healing Place of Wake County

Physical Design &

Incentives to RecoveryTransition Phase: Room with bed, desk,

& dressers

Transition participants must: •Teach Recovery Dynamics•Reunify with family•Obtain employment•Find stable housing

The Healing Place of Wake County

A public, private partnership with Virginia contributing $6 million annually (1% of what substance abuse costs Virginia each year)

Richmond: Established 2005 Hampton Roads:* Estimate Opening in 2013 Lynchburg: Under Development Northern Virginia

Proposal for Statewide Network

Line Item Amount

Personnel $1,500,000

Occupancy $244,000

Contracted Services $124,000

Operating Costs $632,000

Total $2,500,000

The Healing Place of Hampton Roads: Proposed Annual Operating BudgetBudget figures calculated with guidance from actual costs at The Healing Place of Wake County, NC.

$25 per person per day at 90% occupancy. $30 per person per day at 75% occupancy.

To learn more please visit:

The Healing Place of Richmond, VA www.thprichmond.org

The Healing Place of Wake County, NC www.hpowc.org

The Healing Place of Louisville, KY www.thehealingplace.org

Contact:Lynanne Gornto, South Hampton Roads Task Force to End Homelessness

lgornto@theplanningcouncil.org(757) 622-9268 ext. 3005