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PAARI National Recovery Corps- Douglas, AZ
 
 
 
PAARI was founded alongside the Gloucester Police Department Angel Initiative in June 2015 and has grown into a movement of 465 law enforcement partners in 33 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 & 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 Douglas, AZ and will serve as part of a larger cohort of PAARI National Recovery Corps VISTAs, spread across the entire nation, from Maine to Washington, from Michigan to Arizona. The Douglas Police Department and its partner agencies in the Cochise Addiction Recovery Partnership (CARP) recognize the key to a successful, non-arrest pathway to treatment and recovery is partnerships and collaboration. We look forward to working with a motivated VISTA in enhancing our capacity to deliver these services. Individuals with lived experience of addictions, including those who are personally in recovery, are an ideal candidates.
 
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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. VISTAs will 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. VISTAs will engage in developing a project plan for increasing awareness and participation, community assessments, community awareness and engagement, expanding and strengthening partnerships with service providers, program development and delivery, developing data collection systems and processes, and volunteer recruitment and management systems.
 
Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance ,  Living Allowance ,  Training ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Health Coverage* . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Car recommended ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Uniforms provided and required ,  Permits working at another job during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Community Outreach ,  Public Safety ,  Health . 
 
Skills :
Public Speaking ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Social Services ,  Writing/Editing ,  Team Work ,  Public Health ,  General Skills ,  Communications ,  Recruitment ,  Community Organization ,  Non-Profit Management . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
PAARI National Recovery Corps- Douglas, AZ
Program Start/End Date
10/28/2019  -   10/27/2020
Work Schedule Full Time
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations ARIZONA  
Accepting Applications
From  05/16/2019  To  12/31/2019 
Contact Allie Hunter
253 Amory St
Boston   MA   02130
5082129831
allie@paariusa.org
Listing ID 89396

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