Harmony Recovery in the Rockies ® Community & Alumni Relations Office Marvin Ventrell, JD

1. Treatment Program Alumni Services Coming of Age: Beyond the Picnics39th International Winter Symposium Harmony Recovery in the Rockies® Community & Alumni Relations Office Marvin Ventrell, JD Director

2. The Mission of Alumni Services • Fund Development? • Cultivating Referral Sources? • Visibility Source? • Promoting Fellowship?

3. Alumni Service as a Component of Treatment Mission • We should view Alumni Service as a Substantive Component of the treatment process • Then, Alumni Service Mission becomes the same as the mission of treatment • “To Provide the Means of Recovery from the Disease of Addiction”

4. Continuum of Care Model Justifies this Approach Lesson of past decades: • Addiction is a Chronic Disease • Characterized by Relapse • Recovery is an Ongoing Process • Success is Dependent of Continuum of Care AND Alumni Services provide an ideal, if not the best, mechanism we have for ongoing care communication and service delivery

5. Moving from Entertainer to Recovery Service Provider • So we need to build structures that allow for effective service delivery • Traditional Collegiate Alumni Model may not be the best model anymore • It’s mission is not continued primary purpose. i.e. education (education is not a chronic disease) • Our model building starts with Disease and Recovery concepts

6. Addiction is a Chronic DiseaseASAM Definition • Addiction is a primary, chronic diseaseof brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry…. • ….characterized by inability to consistently abstain, impairment in behavioral control, craving, diminished recognition of significant problems with one’s behaviors and interpersonal relationships, and a dysfunctional emotional response. • Like other chronic diseases, addiction often involves cycles of relapse and remission. Without treatment or engagement in recovery activities, addiction is progressive and can result in disability or premature death.

7. Recovery: SAMHSA Definition 2011 • A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential…. • Recovery emerges from hope. Recovery is person-driven. Recovery occurs via many pathways. Recovery is holistic. Recovery is supported by peers and allies. Recovery is supported through relationship and social networks. Recovery is culturally-based and influenced.

8. Alumni Services Emerging Role in 21st Century Addiction Treatment “Agents in the Process of Client Change”

9. Building 21st Century Alumni Service Programs • Can’t happen without full institutional buy in • Board, CEO, Clinical Team, Administrative Team, Aftercare Team • Requires Staff, Time, and Resources • WE, as Alumni Service Staff have to MAKE IT HAPPEN

10. Operating Plan • Develop a comprehensive operating plan that demonstrates value to client / agency mission

11. Harmony CARO Operating Plan FY 2012-2013 • Mission • CARO Within Harmony’s Organizational Structure • CARO Objectives • CARO Functions • Budgets • CARO Staff • Current Community and Alumni Environment • CARO Activity • Describes 65 Activities under 4 areas: ARP, CR, MP, M&A • Description, Staff, Operative Date • Strategic Plan Objectives cross referenced

12. Join the Professional Association http://tpascommunity.com TPAS Group on Linked In TPAS on Facebook 2013 TPAS Collaborative

13. Alumni Program:Blending Various Program Activity

14. Alumni Program Activity • Starts with Relationship Building in Primary Care • Continues with Coordination with Aftercare

15. Program:Alumni Launch • 2 Hours Each Week with Launching Clients • Entire Alumni Staff • In the Board Room • Description of Alumni Services as part of holistic treatment approach • Reinforcement of primary care process • Description of Alumni / Aftercare Services • Self Disclosed Aftercare Plan among Peers!

16. Program:Mobile Phone App • Carry Harmony With You • Harmony Alumni Aftercare App • Check in Dailey to Stay Sober • Receive your Progress Report • And get Harmony Alumni Fellowship News / Events • http://vimeo.com/49799710

17. Program:Mobile Phone App Functions • Check in • 9 Questions • Lifelines • Reminders • Goals • Report / “Soberometer”

18. Program:Blogging • Harmony Alumni Recovery Blog • Today: Hawaii Marijuana Bill 150 Follows in Colorado Footsteps • http://blog.harmonyfoundationinc.com/2013/01/colorado-marijuana-addiction-treatment.html

19. Program:Alumni Advisory Board (AAB) • Volunteer Alumni Advisory Board • Provides the pulse of alumni population • Meets 2 times per year • Key to visibility and participation • First Activity: Self Survey • What do we want from Harmony?

20. Program:Alumni & Client Interaction • Weekly Alumni Dinner Speaker • Community Connection Program • Group and 1 to 1 Sessions • Alumni Reunion Weekend Activity

21. Program:Web and Social Media Communication Web www.harmonyfoundationinc.com www.harmonyfoundationinc.com/alumni Social Media Email Blasting Constant Contact

22. Program Measurement • Client Success Measures • Mobile App • Harmony Data Tracking Program • Client Communication Measures • Direct Institutional Surveys (AAB Activity) • Site Analytics • Google for Web Site • Facebook Analytics • Constant Contact Analytics

23. Web Site Analytics

24. Facebook Analytics • https://www.facebook.com/HarmonyFoundation?sk=page_insights

25. 15 Census Sources No. 1 = Alumni

26. Give ‘Em What They Want

27. Harmony FoundationRecovery in the Rockies®Community & Alumni Relations Office Marvin Ventrell, JD Director, Community & Alumni Relations Office 1600 Fish Hatchery Road Estes Park, CO 80517 970.577.4718 mventrell@harmonyfoundationinc.com www.harmonyfoundationinc.com/alumni