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Tell Your Legislators – Bring Peer-Run Respites to CT!

We are asking for your support in establishing Peer-Run Respites in CT. Please see attached for t one-page fact sheet for more information. This can be shared with others and with legislators. A Spanish version is available as well.

The Office of Recovery Community Affairs (ORCA) would like to announce that the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) will hold two virtual Town Hall meetings in March 2022 to discuss Peer Respites. These meetings are open to the public and present an opportunity to pose questions and understand the different models and research about this topic. You can register using the links below or at the Office of Recovery Affairs page.

For any other questions contact Cheri Bragg, Assistant Director, Office of Recovery Community Affairs at cheri.bragg@ct.gov (email) or (860) 426-4534 (work cell).

Peer Respite Town Hall 1
When: Mar 8, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdeirqTooHd3RPv82Wya9czFSBXidZmeJ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Peer Respite Town Hall 2
When: Mar 9, 2022 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtf–opzoiE9wpla8eYLqE4Qk53j7_dokz

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Kathy Flaherty, Executive Director Connecticut Legal Rights Project (CLRP)

Appropriations Testimony on 02/24/2022 in support of House Bill -05037 to Fund Peer Run Respites in Connecticut #FundPeerRunRespitesCT

Follow link here to see list of other written testimonies.

https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/CommDocTmy.asp?comm_code=app&date=02/24/2022

 Kathy Flaherty, ED Connecticut Legal Rights Project (CLRP) Appropriations Testimony HB -05037

AFIYA PEER RESPITE – WILD FLOWER ALLIANCE

Wild Flower Alliance in Western Massachusetts was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the document released in June 2021 “WHO good practice guidance document on community based mental health services promoting human rights and recovery.” Afiya Peer Respite is among the few dozen organizations and programs across the world to be recognized as exemplary. Follow link Learn more here…

Learn more about Afiya Peer Respite here…https://wildfloweralliance.org/afiya/

Afiya Peer Respite, by Wildflower Alliance in Massachusetts

SOTERIA HOUSE – PATHWAYS VERMONT

Soteria House is a Therapeutic Community Residence for the prevention of hospitalization for individuals experiencing a distressing extreme state, commonly referred to as psychosis. We believe that psychosis can be a temporary experience that one works through rather than a chronic mental illness that needs to be managed.

Learn more about Soteria House here…https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/what-we-do/our-programs/soteria-house/

Learn about Soteria Vermont