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PAARI National Recovery Corps - Boston, MA 1
 
 
 
The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) was founded alongside the Gloucester Police Department Angel Initiative in June 2015 and has grown into a movement of nearly 600 law enforcement partners in 34 states. The opioid epidemic is our country’s greatest public health emergency and there were more than 72,000 drug related overdose deaths in the US in 2017. Only 11% of people who need access to treatment for a substance use disorder receive care. Access to treatment is particularly difficult for individuals experiencing homelessness, unemployed individuals, low-income adults, formerly incarcerated adults, low-income veterans, and those with concurrent physical health issues and mental health disorders. Law enforcement officers have a front row seat to the opioid epidemic and a growing number of police departments are motivated to adopt non-arrest programs that connect individuals with substance use disorders to treatment. Members of our National Recovery Corps will strengthen the ability of partnering law enforcement agencies to increase access to care and address addiction and poverty through non-arrest approaches. This program will place VISTAs in police departments to help build, strengthen, and sustain police-led programs to reduce and prevent overdose deaths and help more people with opioid use disorder get into treatment and recovery. This position will be in Boston with the Boston Police Department and will serve as part of a larger cohort PAARI National Recovery Corps VISTAs, spread across the entire nation. The VISTA will be embedded with the Boston Police Department Street Outreach Unit. The member will assist with day to day operations, monthly outreach events and client follow up. Individuals with lived experience with addictions, including those who are personally in recovery, are ideal candidates for these service positions.
 
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Member Duties : VISTAs will be embedded in police departments to help build, strengthen, and sustain police-led programs to reduce and prevent overdose deaths and help more people with opioid use disorder get into treatment and recovery. Increase ability to serve more people, serve new groups of people, and/or engage in new or expanded strategies. Increase effectiveness in creating access to care for individuals with a substance use disorder. Increase ability to generate additional resources, such as funding, volunteers, and partnerships. Developing a project plan for increasing awareness and participation, community assessments, community awareness and engagement, expanding and strengthening partnerships with service providers, developing financial resources, developing materials, developing policies and procedures, program development and delivery, technology use, developing data collection systems and processes, and volunteer recruitment and management systems.
 
Program Benefits : Living Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Training ,  Health Coverage* ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Relocation Allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Car recommended . 
 
Service Areas :
Health ,  Public Safety ,  Community Outreach . 
 
Skills :
General Skills ,  Team Work ,  Counseling ,  Writing/Editing ,  Recruitment ,  Non-Profit Management ,  Public Health ,  Social Services ,  Public Speaking ,  Community Organization ,  Communications ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
PAARI National Recovery Corps - Boston, MA 1
Program Start/End Date
04/12/2021  -   04/11/2022
Work Schedule Full Time
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MASSACHUSETTS   Boston  
Accepting Applications
From  02/23/2021  To  12/31/2021 
Contact Vanessa McCoy
A150
Plymouth   MA   02360
888-972-2749
vanessa@paariusa.org
www.paariusa.org
Listing ID 97769

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