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The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance (the Housing Alliance) works to ensure that everyone in Washington can live and thrive in a safe, healthy, affordable home. They do this through public policy, advocacy, and by organizing a wide array of individuals and organizations across the state to get engaged in promoting solutions to homelessness and expanded access to affordable housing. This toolkit builds on a history of Housing Alliance and allied organizations’ materials that aim to demystify and explain legislative processes and policies.
The Health Care Authority (HCA) is sponsoring surveys of Peer Service Workers and Foundational Community Support (FCS) Providers to gather information about Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services. The surveys aim to gather information from a variety of programs and organizations and learn more about the gaps and barriers in in those services in Washington State. Survey results will be used to inform the development of the Roadmap to Recovery. The Roadmap to Recovery is a plan that will identify approaches to improve access and quality of SUD treatment and recovery support services in Washington State.
Your input is critical. Washington State University (WSU) is conducting these surveys:
- Medicaid Certified Peer Counselors and FCS Service providers will be invited to participate in an online survey in early February. If you do not receive an invitation, please contact:
- Rose Krebill (krebill@wsu.edu) for Medicaid participating Certified Peer Counselors and FCS Service providers who would like to complete the survey
- Peer Services workers who do not receive Medicaid reimbursement for services (e.g., Peer Coach, Recovery Coach) will also be invited to complete the survey in the near future. If you are a Peer Service worker and do not receive Medicaid payment for the services you provide, please keep an eye out for a link for the online survey from Peer Washington.
Your input is extremely vital to understanding the changes needed in and how to improve SUD treatment and recovery support services in Washington State. Thanks in advance for your participation.
Please send questions via email to: HCARoadtoRecovery@hca.wa.gov and note in the subject line: Peer Service Worker Survey or Foundational Community Support Provider Survey.
Si necesita ayuda con la traducción para responder la Encuesta para Trabajadores de Servicios entre Pares o la Encuesta para Proveedores de Apoyo Comunitario Fundamental, comuníquese con: krebill@wsu.edu
 Tara Simmons, J.D. believes that when individuals are criminalized for their behavioral health disorder and then denied jobs, housing, and, other rights based on the stigma of a criminal record, it is nearly impossible to continue to have the resilience to fight.
Tara uses her own story with substance use disorder to get insight into the feelings and experiences of others. Tara fought her way to the Washington Supreme Court for the right to become an attorney. She then ran successfully for public office and was the first person with past felony convictions to be elected to the Washington State Legislature. Tara refers to conquering these barriers as breaking the “concrete ceiling.” You can read more about Tara’s story in Policy Research Associates.
In 2020, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA) funded six new training grant programs. The goal of the programs was to provide support for grantees and healthcare providers.
The centers include:
The Homeless and Housing Resource Center (HHRC) and the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence both help to expand the availability of high-quality training models that focus on treatment and recovery. The HHRC was established by SAMHSA to expand the availability of high-quality training in evidence-based housing models focused on adults, children, and families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and have a serious mental illness.
The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence is a resource to individuals, organizations, and systems working to advance the successful implementation of peer support model of recovery in an array of settings. The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence is led by a steering committee of national peer recovery leaders from across the nation.
The Department of Commerce's Office of Family and Adult Homelessness (OFAH) offers weekly calls that discuss the current/extended Eviction Rent Assistance Program (ERAP).
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Learn about additional calls, resources, and programs on OFAH’s website
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