The vendor is required to provide recovery support services include social support, linkage to and coordination among service providers, and a range of peer supports that facilitate recovery and wellness.
- Maintain and operate the center, within the proposed target area, at minimum, forty (40) hours per week, Monday through Friday, to accommodate the participants’ availability.
- Determine participant eligibility based on their self-identification of having a substance use disorder (SUD) and/or co-occurring disorder, or an undiagnosed challenge with either, or as an affected other.
- Ensure the center promotes, supports, and utilizes an all pathways towards recovery approach for all services provided and is welcoming and non-judgmental.
- The center facility maintains standards in compliance with federal, state, and local laws including but not limited to federal and state tax laws, laws governing business operations, and local zoning laws.
- Provide recovery center coordination, including:
• Coordination of recovery group facilitation and peer recovery resource connections for participants and affected others;
• Coordination of peers to support participants and recovery support services and activities; and
• Provision of orientations to center staff, volunteers, and participants.
- Provide recovery support services to participant’s in-person at the center.
• Services may also be provided via telephone or through on-line web-based peer support, as requested.
- Provide outreach and engagement activities within the wider community to ensure individuals, providers, and community agencies have the information necessary to access and make referrals for recovery support services at the center.
- Coordinate staff and programming to support participants’ needs as they relate primarily to SUD and/or co-occurring disorder, or an undiagnosed challenge with either, or as an affected other.
- Assist participants with employment services and vocational preparedness, including but not limited to:
• Having center staff and/or volunteers support resume development, job searches, and mock hiring interviews;
• Ensuring participants have computer access at the center; and
• Providing participants access to employment services, including but not limited to hosting and/or referring participants to the department and other similar services.
1. State department -supported employment services include vocational preparedness programs funded by state department.
- Assist participants with access to community supports, as requested, including, but not limited to:
• Basic needs including housing, food, and hygiene;  
• Clinical services including health care services and individual and/or group counseling for both mental health and SUD;
• Harm reduction;
• Case management;
• Transportation;
• Justice system navigation;
• Child protective services; and
• Any other resources as indicated by participants.
- Provide orientation and ongoing training to center staff and volunteers including but not limited to: trauma-informed approaches, strengths-based reflective approaches, and promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Ensure staff and volunteers assist participants with tasks such as setting recovery goals, developing a recovery action plan, and solving problems directly related to recovery.
- Assist participants in building recovery capital.
- Hold or provide facilitated groups for participants and affected others, including but not limited to facilitated groups that support participants and their families who are in early recovery and throughout recovery, in order to support reconnection with family, community and work life, and aid in preventing relapse.
- Provide peer-led guidance, feedback, and social support in domains identified by participants, staff, and/or volunteers as necessary for successful recovery, including but not limited to:
• Finding mutual support groups;
• Community inclusion; and
• Contributing to and enjoying one’s community, such as volunteering.
- Provide quarterly department-approved education and outreach to participants, families, and affected others in schools, trade schools, higher education settings, and within the broader local community, which is focused on:
• Understanding prevention;
• Recovery education;
• Family and relationship dynamics; and
• Creating and maintaining recovery allies.
- Provide recovery-oriented recreational, social, and volunteer events to participants and affected others to:
• Help establish positive relationships with family and/or friends; and
• Provide necessary supports for community contribution so participants may positively contribute to the community.  
- Ensure recovery-oriented recreational and social events utilize no more than two percent (2%) of department funding.
- Contract Period/Term: 2 years
- Informational Meeting Date: February 25, 2025
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: February 28, 2025