CONFERENCE
AHHAP was well-represented at the
Southern California Recovery Summit
Southern California Recovery Summit
The 2010 Recovery Summit was Saturday November 6 at Loyola Marymount University. This year's program features Terence Gorski, Dr. Westley Clark, Dr. Thomas Freese, Dr. William Glasser and other outstanding speakers.
The Summit was one of Southern California's most prominent addiction conferences.
About the Coalition and Network
The Sober Living Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to excellence in the operation and management of sober living. Today over 500 Network affiliated homes serve 25,000 recovering addicts and alcoholics in Southern California each year.
Members of the Los Angeles County Sober Living Coalition operate more than 300 independent sober living homes across Los Angeles County.
AHHAP was a sponsor of the Summit and the
board members attended the day long conference on Saturday.
The Summit was the 4th annual symposium bringing a voice to
this part of the recovery industry.
The event was standing room only at the Loyola Marymount University. The
sponsors, Coalition and the Network, represent sober living and social model
recovery for small and large programs which are organized under geographic
coalitions and come under the umbrella of The Network.
The conference was presented from many viewpoints, and focused
on the experiences of people working in the field. Presenters and panelists
include psychologists, sober living providers, physicians, homeless services
providers, interventionists, social workers and criminal justice. The White
House Office of Drug Policy Control anchored a message of recovery at the
federal policy level. State officials brought more local topics of interest and
finally providers weighed in what this means to the recovery housing industries.
Patricia Henderson from Women In New Recovery in Arizona, long
time member of AHHAP, sat as one of the panelist presenting on how this
translates to the providers in the community and why we might want to be aware
of the policies that are being crafted at state and federal levels.
Some of the highlights of the panel were grants are available to develop
Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC). The concepts under ROSC are very much
related to the way sober living and recovery housing providers currently
approach working with addicts and alcoholics. Basically, it is the realization
that people in new recovery need supportive environments on many fronts such as
housing, transportation, jobs and mental health services in order to have the
best opportunity for long-term recovery. You can get more information about ROSC
at www.samhsa.gov.
Additionally, AHHAP held their mid-annual board meeting all
day Friday, November 5, 2010 to discuss the future leadership roles AHHAP will
be playing in communities throughout the United States. Members will be hearing
from the board over the next several months. Please note that we have a monthly
conference call and the minutes are available after these phone calls so you can
be aware of what your national association is up to.
We would love to hear from the folks in the field so please
feel free to contact any one at AHHAP or one of the current board members. If
you do not know who to contact, please feel free to tell us and we will give you
a list. AHHAP’s website is
www.ahhap.org.
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