Recovery
Initiatives
Building on the legacy of our opioid project during the Medicaid Transformation, Thriving Together NCW works with people in recovery to build support systems that will make long-term and sustained recovery the rule rather than the exception.
Recovery Coach Network Building
Since 2019, we’ve trained over 200 recovery coaches.
A primary strategy is to develop and coordinate a network of paid and dedicated recovery coaches with lived experience to more effectively meet the needs of people in active addiction and maximize their chances of achieving sustained recovery.
Recovery coaches are people who directly assist peers to promote and sustain their long-term recovery. They are resource brokers, assist with overcoming obstacles, and offer mentorship and key emotional support.
For updates on future recovery coach training opportunities, please visit our event calendar.
We are partnering with community-based organizations to place Narcan® vending machines across our region.
Improving Narcan Access
Targeted naloxone (commonly referred to as Narcan®) distribution is an evidence-based strategy to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Providing community members with Narcan and training them to identify and respond to an overdose is key to saving lives.
With support from Carelon, we are partnering with community-based organizations to place Narcan® vending machines across our region. Providing unfettered access to this medication is part of our strategy to develop a recovery continuum free of stigma and barriers.
Narcan® is currently available
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Wenatchee at the Alano Club (213 N Chelan Ave)
Moses Lake at the Open Doors Sleep Center (1085 E Broadway Ave)
Omak at Advance (523 Riverside Dr)
Grand Coulee at the STAR Hub (19 Midway Ave)
Nespelem at the Lucy F. Covington Government Center (21 Colville Street)
