Recovery-oriented Systems of Care (ROSC)

Fostering and developing recovery-oriented systems of care is a priority of SAMHSA/CSAT.  In support of this priority, PFR is holding five regional meetings across the country to assist States and communities in developing, strengthening, and implementing ROSC.  The purpose of the regional meetings is to build on the work initiated at CSAT’s National Summit on Recovery, which provided a forum to establish a framework for recovery and recovery-oriented systems of care.  Each State is invited through the Single State Authority (SSA) for substance abuse services to send a four-member team to the regional meeting.  State teams consist of the SSA or designee; treatment provider association representative or a treatment provider; representative of a recovery organization or of the recovering community or faith-based provider; and a researcher (can be substituted).  The State may pay for a fifth participant to attend.  Participants should have the authority to affect change within their State.  The goals of the meetings include:  to inform individuals about the National Summit on Recovery; to provide resources related to the operationalization of recovery-oriented system of care; to allow States and organizations to share lessons learned; and to provide a venue for individual State team planning.

Several resources have been developed and are being disseminated through the regional process to advance recovery-oriented approaches and provide information on recovery-oriented systems of care.  The following resources will be forthcoming through the PFR website:

1. National Summit on Recovery Conference Report
2. Approaches to Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care at the State and Local Level:  Three Case Studies
3. Provider Approaches to Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care:  Four Case Studies
4. Access to Recovery Approaches to Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care:  Three Case Studies
5. Guiding Principles and Elements of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care:  What do we know from the research?

Outcomes

1. Four draft white papers have been disseminated at the regional ROSC meetings and will be posted on the PFR website.
2. Five regional meetings are being conducted:  Western Region, Portland, Oregon, April 2007; Southwest Region, Dallas, Texas, July 2007; Central Region, Chicago, Illinois, September 2007; Northeast Region, Newport, Rhode Island, October 2007; and Southeast Region, TBA.
3. Through July 2007, 90 participants have attended the meetings.
4. Evaluations from the first two meetings were overwhelmingly positive and participants felt that the meetings were extremely beneficial in advancing their States’ ROSC.

After each regional meeting, PFR provides participants a summary of the meeting. Once all the regional meetings have been held, PFR will provide a summary of information from all five meetings.

CSAT has been developing a variety of resources to support States and communities in developing recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC). Some of those resources include:

• Working Definition of Recovery and Definition of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (2pp, PDF, 137KB)
• Lessons Learned from CSAT’s Regional Recovery Meetings (2pp, PDF, 363KB)
• Recovery-Oriented Research (2pp, PDF, 166KB)

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