Florida Peer Mentoring Initiative

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Florida Peer Mentoring Initiative

• Sheila Barbee STAR-SI Project Director
• Florida Substance Abuse Program Office

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State Goal

• Develop a statewide system for the delivery of
  substance abuse treatment services using a
  performance management and process improvement
  model.

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Resources

• Two providers with previous STAR experience!
• Center for Drug Free Living (CFDFL)
• Dick Jacobs, CEO
• Southwest Florida Addiction Services (SWFAS)
• Kevin Lewis, CEO

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Peer Mentors

• Kevin Lewis SWFAS
• Chrissy DeWerff SWAFAS
• Angie Maldonado - CFDFL
• Helen Benn - CFDFL

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Florida Facts

• More than 40,000 adults receive outpatient
  services annually.
• 90 agencies provide outpatient treatment
  services.
• The six STAR provider agencies provide
  approximately 1/3 of the outpatient treatment
  services.
• Four provider networks.

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Strategy

• Each year of the STAR-SI grant
• Engage networks
• Bring five to six provider agencies onboard
• Recruit and train additional peer mentors
• At the end of the grant
• Participation by all four network
• Engaged with at least 16 provider agencies
• Capacity to perform peer mentoring across all
  areas of the state.

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Network Structure

• Access Behavioral
• Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc.
• North East Florida Addictions Network, Inc.
• South Florida Provider Coalition

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Dissemination of Process Improvements Year 1
CFDFL
CFBHN
SWFAS
SFPC
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Dissemination of Process Improvements Year 2
Access
NEFANI
CFDFL
CFBHN
SWFAS
SFPC
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Dissemination of Process Improvements Year 3
Lakeview
NEFANI
CFDFL
CFBHN
SWFAS
SFPC
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Next Steps

• Peer mentors paired with agency
• Engage Peer Mentors with RWJ-AR
• Involve Peer Networks
• Continue to identify necessary skills
• Expand state capacity
• Continue to refine strategy
• Continue development of the Florida Learning
  System.

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Thank You!