Onala Recovery Center

Onala's peer Recovery support services program began in january 2013 and continued throughout the year. These support service include individualized peer support (in person or by phone) through the Recovery process, referrals to drug and alcohol treatment (detox, outpatient, inpatient) programs and other community resources (for housing, medical care, mental health treatment, etc.). These services are provided by 5 employees (2 certified Recovery specialists and 3 peer support persons).

Onala outreach program continued outreach services to 2 drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. The program was expanded to provide outreach services to other community programs and agencies that included: community care behavioral health (ccbho), light of life mission and veterans leadership program. 25 outreach sessions were conducted by 5 employees and 35 volunteers for a total of 147 hours, 868 individuals were served at 7 different locations. Community outreach based activities were conducted about problem gambling, overdose prevention/flu clinic for a total of 35 hours.

Employee training - employees attended pa department of drug and alcohol approved training. Training courses included drug & alcohol, addiction 101, Recovery, harm reduction, confidentially, cpr and first aid, hiv/std and hepatitis/tb. A total of 14 employees attended approximately 72 training sessions for a total of 432 hours.