March 9, 2001

h MOAR is in Website Formation –ideas?- http://www.neaar.org/moar/

i NEAAR Families and Addiction Recovery Celebration coming soon!

h NEAAR participates in SAMHSA grant application planning workshop.

h NEAAR Members help plan CSAT RCSP Third Conference:

" Voices Creating Choices-Communities Creating Change"

h CSAT’s National Treatment Plan: Changing The Conversation –

h CSAT ‘s National Recovery Month Planning –Website/Community Forums

i CORI Public Health Council Hearing Rendezvous II – April 24- Go!

i Harvest of Recovery for Women –March 9–Presiding:LaVerne Saunders,

Dorrington & Saunders Production, Excellent

h W MA Women and Recovery Speakers Bureau Event, March 8, -Wonderful

i Springfield ~ Plan: Addiction Recovery Seminar for The Medical Community, Focus:

Adolescents March 29, April 26, 5:30, Phoenix House, 5 Madison Ave.

i Lowell ~ Addiction Recovery Awareness Roundtable Discussion,

April 27, 10:30 AM, Lowell City Hall

i Boston ~Dialogue with The Mayor’s Substance Abuse Policy Advisor, Kattie Portis,-

April 4, 3:30 PM, Atrium II, Faulkner

i New Bedford ~ An Introductory Meeting during Task Force meeting

Wednesday, March 28, April 25, 3:15, Prevention Partners,360 Coggeshall St

i Worcester ~ Alcohol Awareness Month MOAR Meeting – Refreshments sponsored by

by AdCare Hospital. Tuesday, April 17, 6:00 PM, 107 Lincoln St.

h Counselor Positions , Boston Medical Public Health Center, call: 617-534-4325

h Boston Consortium for Families in Recovery Grant Participant Interviewers-

You will be paid Call: New England Research Institute, 617-923-7747, extension 347.

h The Bureau invites persons in recovery, who wish to participate in an advisory

capacity to the Bureau regarding treatment services and policies to call

Leonard Hayes, 617-624-5125 for more information.

First, MOAR through its affiliation with NEAAR, is in its third year of being a

CSAT, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, RCSP (Recovery Community Support Project) Grantee. The purpose obviously : to empower the recovery community to demonstrate the positive contributions of recovery,. We have made healthy strides, yet our challenge is far from complete! New grant funding is a goal.

" Voices Creating Choices-Communities Creating Change" titled Celebration for the final round of grantee lessons shared and learned round up scheduled for June 18^th – 21^st in Washington DC. Sara Munro – FOR Vermont, and Phil Valentine –CCAR, NEAAR

Project Coordinators helped design a celebration with recovery creativity. MOAR members, as well as having a BSAS Consumer Advisory Board repertoire, Diane Kurtz and Tanyss Martula will facilitate a Parent Support Group workshop based on their 9 years of experience. Maryanne Frangules will do a Recovery Month Celebration with other grantees, co-facilitated with CSAT’s Ivette Torres, National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month Co-ordinator. Speaking of----

MOAR attended a CSAT National Treatment Plan Meeting, on March 2^nd . The National Treatment Plan is a composite of testimony regarding five different issues that characterized "treatment" discussions for years.The five areas included- Closing the Treatment Gap. Reducing Stigma and Changing Attitudes. Improving and Strengthening Treatment Systems, Connecting Services and Research, Addressing Workforce Issues. The feedback summarized is placed into a 5 point plan- Invest for Results, No Wrong Door to Treatment, Commit to Quality, Change Attitudes and Build Partnerships. That’s the summary in a capsule. Follow through requires commitment. Open forums, as in Boston will be held. This means the "MOAR Voices" need to be heard..

The Public Health Council will review CORI regulations, as currently drafted, on Tuesday, April 24 at 10:00 AM. The meeting will be held at The Department of Public Health, 250 Washington St. On January 19^th, over 160 oral and written testimony were given against the current the CORI regulation. Collaborations to advocate for employer right to hire employees, who have made restitution are happening! Approval for change must come from The Executive Office of Health and Services

MOAR Members Develop Recovery Community Action Plans ~ You are invited!

February 22^nd, Springfield – Focus – Educating Communities, Making Change Diane Teta, Bob Pisani, Tanyss Martula, George Thorn, Donna Rivest, Jim Rivest, Roberta Evans, and Jack Russell followed up on plans to do outreach to the medical community. The Holyoke Hospital Grand Rounds Presentation will probably take place in the fall. Members, also, discussed planning The NEAAR Families in Recovery Celebration tentatively set for this May. Springfield MOAR is very much represented in

The Interagency Youth Task Force facilitated by BSAS Regional Director Ruth Jacobsen Hardy. Treatment gaps, Insurance Coverage, Crisis Team deficits were highlighted-

and next step – steps to address the concerns.

Pierre Descoteaux, Janice Archer, Tricia Wood, Daniel Roman, Lona Demers, Ivelisse Alvarado, Victoria Buckley, Jerry Cormier, Rita Powers, Jaya Levy, Terry Prew, Mary Ann Velardi, Lynn Sousa , Karen Wheelden, Linda Estrella, Erika Ritz, and Sally McCue discussed the initial plans from the Housing Committee. Members are looking to look for possible funding in the local area. While thanking The HART House residents for the hospitality and luncheon, we agreed the next meeting will be an Alcohol or Addiction Recovery Awareness Roundtable Discussion, Lowell City Hall,

scheduled for April 27^th. Please come!

March 7th Boston- Snow Day! So Come April 4^th- and

Despite snow, Amos Marshall, Ray Hoitt, Julia Sheehan reviewed plan to partner with MBHP to do recovery community advocacy outreach to parents of adolescents, who are in MBHP contracted services. MBHP’s goal is to promote alcohol and drug screening, as an intervention measure- as well as client advocacy. Diane Kurtz , Springfield member, a Parent Support Group Facilitator will write the outreach promotional. Interested in MOAR Recovery Community members within the City of Boston, - come talk with Kattie Portis, April 4^th. Recovery Month Planning, too!

Attendees focused on their current energetic list of activities, and ways MOAR would be valuable. Follow up contacts will be made in the community to begin MOAR in New

Bedford. MOAR is on the agenda- March 28^th and April 25th, 3:15. Please come!

March 20^th Worcester Plans April 17^th MOAR Alcohol Awareness Event

Worcester attendees, Rich Harris, Judy Langlois, Mark Rebello, Margot Matthews, Buddy Brousseau, Ron D’Auteil, James Casteil, and Louie Caplan have outlined

a speakers event --- to highlight recovery and reduce stigma. We thank AdCare

Hospital for being willing to provide space and refreshments! Please come!

Attendees: Amos Marshall, Harvey Fleishman, Bill Sciturro, John Frazier, Ray Hoitt,

Ben Sullivan, Joe Kelleher, John MacIsaac, Maureen Kerrigan, Tom Delaney,

Maryanne Frangules, James Gorske, and Leroy Kelly made membership outreach and public awareness commitments to make our vision MOAR visible. Follow up reports

to be presented at the April 23^rd Board meeting. Membership input valued!

MOAR Sincerely, Maryanne Frangules, MOAR Project Coordinator, 617-423-6627