Coordinated Access to Treatment & Recovery Support Services

One of the most important actions we as a community can take is to connect people with substance use disorder to appropriate and on-demand treatment. Currently, connection with treatment resources is fragmented and dependent on a person’s individual insurance status, knowledge of the treatment system, and, too often, the day of the week, time of the day, and individual biases about treatment options. Access to treatment can even be dependent on personnel relationships; our team strongly believes you should not have to “know someone” in order to access treatment. Every person in our community should have equal access to their desired and the most appropriate type of treatment and support services.

 

The discussion of access to treatment and recovery support services includes multiple levels and nuances. We are dedicated to connecting people with the treatment that best suits their particular situation. There is a real need in our community to increase awareness of and access to medication based treatment options. In addition, once a person enters treatment, there may be a myriad of other needs that impact their ability to stay engaged with treatment and enter remission. Through the deployment of specialized community health workers or “Recovery Navigators” we are building relationships with people living with substance use disorder and using a harm reduction approach to support their individualized health goals. We are also looking at the social determinants of health and how we can connect people with wrap around services such as housing, transportation, employment and food security.

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To learn more about our work with New London county please visit our partner website NLC Cares linked below.