During this challenging time, the Community Development team from Aetna Better Health of West Virginia is offering a time each week to gather with others to discuss the feelings or experiences you may be having. This will be an open time for discussion, self-care topics, etc.
Please feel free to come and go as your schedule allows. We will offer these ongoing. All are invited every Friday at noon.
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Region Five Community Needs Assessment Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kim Shoemake, Regional Prevention Coordinator, Prestera Center - 304.412.7036 - Kimberly.shoemake@prestera.org
Prestera Center and Community Partners Conducting a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Community Assessment to Help Identify and Assess Service Needs Throughout the Region.
Prestera Center and its community partners are conducting a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Community Assessment to help identify needs, resources, and solutions so that local prevention efforts may be more effective in reducing the challenges associated with Substance Use Disorder in our communities. Prestera Center unites community Substance Use Disorder (Addiction) prevention coalitions across the region to collectively strengthen local efforts in Southwestern West Virginia. This includes prevention coalitions in the following counties – Boone, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, Putnam, and Wayne. Prestera Center has contracted with Collective Impact, LLC, a capacity building consulting firm based out of Huntington, WV, to assist in conducing the assessment project.
As part of the project, the broader community is being engaged to learn more about the dynamics of SUD throughout the region. Specifically, a community stakeholder survey is being administrated and 20 community stakeholder focus groups will be conducted with key target audiences in each of the 10 counties. In addition, secondary data on a wide range of indicators is being collected and analyzed. You can access the survey from your computer or any mobile device at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PresteraSUDSurvey or you can access the survey by scanning this UR code:
The final SUD Assessment report including key findings and conclusions is anticipated being available in the fall of 2021. Results from the assessment project will be used to assist a large number of community partners across the region in planning for future services, educating the community, and leveraging and distributing resources over the next several years.
For more information about the community needs assessment project, contact Kim Shoemake, Regional Prevention Coordinator, Prestera Center - 304.412.7036 - Kimberly.shoemake@prestera.org
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Join Devon Lopez, Community Engagement Manager for an upcoming Unite West Virginia Information Session. These sessions provide an opportunity to learn more about Unite Us and the Unite West Virginia referral network, see a software demonstration, and connect with other organizations around West Virginia. The Unite Us coordinated care system is free to community based organizations and non-profits! You can click here and register for our May 18th Information Session. In the event that this time doesn't work for you, no problem! Please use this link to schedule a time with Devon, or email devon@uniteus.com! Unite Us offers a wonderful coordinated care network that is allowing us to connect our clients to services outside of our four walls with the privacy we need through compliance and outcome reports that show our collaboration in the community. I hope you will consider joining a session to learn more about the network.
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Recovery Point Huntington: 2425 9th Ave, Huntington, WV 25703
