Implementing and Sustaining Peer Support: The Recovery Workforce Learning Collaborative (RWLC)

• By: Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, BSN, MS Chyrell D. Bellamy, PhD, MSW Graziela Reis, MPH, BS Sai Snigdha Talluri, PhD, CRC, LPC Megan Evans, PhD Yale School of Medicine
• April 21st, 2026
• appreciative inquiry, learning collaborative, lived experience, organizational readiness, peer support, recovery supports, recovery-oriented care, Spring 2026 Issue, systems change, workforce development
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The integration of peer recovery support specialists represents a significant shift in behavioral health systems. Peers offer unique perspectives and authenticity that strengthen recovery-oriented systems of care (Davidson et al., 2021). Drawing on lived experience, they bring insights that support...

Safe Options Support: Charting a Path to Stability for Homeless Individuals through Coordinated Care

• By: Pamela Mattel, LCSW Gerardo Ramos, MPA, MSW Barry Granek, LMHC Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC)
• July 19th, 2023
• access to care, community, cross system collaboration, homelessness, housing, learning collaborative, mental health, outreach, Safe Options Support, Summer 2023 Issue
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A transformative shift is underway for New York City programs focused on helping homeless individuals. Instead of relying on a singular approach to homeless outreach, new initiatives and adaptations are reshaping and diversifying the community-based services available. This remodeled,...

24 Organizations Team Up in Westchester’s First Trauma-Informed Systems Change Collaborative

• By: Marie Roth, MA, RDN, NBC-HWC, ACTRP Blythedale Children’s Hospital
• July 2nd, 2021
• adverse childhood experiences, learning collaborative, Summer 2021 Issue, systems change, trauma, trauma-informed care
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Exposure to traumatic stress is increasingly understood as a common denominator among children, youth, and adults across service systems. Experiences surrounding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma impact individuals everywhere. The pandemic and other recent events, nationally and...

Facilitating Trauma-Informed Organizational Change: OASAS Trauma-Informed Care Champions

• By: Samantha P. Koury, LMSW Susan A. Green, LCSW The Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care (ITTIC) Maria L. Morris-Groves, MSEd NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• July 2nd, 2021
• learning collaborative, organizational change, person-centered care, Summer 2021 Issue, training, trauma, trauma-informed care
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Last June of 2020, Arlene González-Sánchez, LMSW, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) announced a partnership with the Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care (ITTIC) at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. The goal of the...