Rockland Recovery, Inc Providing a welcoming environment, our compassionate and inspiring team is committed to helping them regain their health and restore their hope through immediate access to safe and stable housing. The individuals and families we serve are homeless or precariously housed —but their challenges are even more complicated. The great majority have histories of trauma, chronic substance use, and mental health issues. Employing a harm-reduction model that uses facilitative rather than coercive methods, we meet people where they are with individualized services that focus on their strengths and support them in making life-sustaining decisions. The Fall edition is packed with inspiring stories and messages of resilience, generosity, and hope from our clients, staff, and supporters who are transforming lives and strengthening our communities. It’s a “housing first” approach that includes stabilization services, emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing, and case management. If you would like to join our mailing list to automatically receive our publications by mail, fill out the form below or email your name and address to Eliot Community Human Services Rockland Recovery has helped individuals and families in crisis for over 45 years. Thousands turn to us yearly for shelter, sustenance, recovery, care, and professional, compassionate support. When other organizations will not or cannot take them in, we do.At Rockland Recovery, we don’t judge. Closest Area Transitional Housing Our goal is to create a safe, welcoming space for individuals from all backgrounds who are navigating addiction recovery. We established a nurturing community where every member finds belonging and plays an active role in shaping their journey toward recovery. Our services range from recovery support groups like AA or Refuge Recovery to wellness and life-skill activities like resume-building workshops or yoga classes; anything that encompasses healthy and safe choices for the mind, body, and soul. “Sometimes I feel so happy that my heart — I feel like I’m having like a big, good pain in my heart,” she said. Last year, 4,775 people turn to Rockland Recovery for shelter, sustenance, recovery, care, and professional, compassionate support. Our team of more than 200 staff across 19 programs works with people to develop and execute creative, safe solutions to the very real challenges they face. On the streets, at our Boston Living Center, and across programs, we work to prevent chronic conditions and overdoses. Almost half live with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and/or other chronic health conditions. When individuals and families are safely housed, they’re much more likely to address their physical and mental health, addictions, and other issues. Our housing stabilization services, including emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing, and case management, move people off the street as quickly as possible, with as few barriers as possible. Rockland Recovery: Housing. Health. Recovery. Hope. “I just want to continue.” Giving the individuals that she counsels at The Victory Connector, a low-threshold navigation center in the neighborhood run by the nonprofit Rockland Recovery, a feeling of care, a sense of calm and peace, is what she aims for each day. We follow a low-barrier housing-first clinically driven approach to guide clients towards health and safety. Rockland Recovery operates various programs throughout Boston, all built on our strongly held belief that no person who is struggling should be asked to do the hardest thing first, on their own, before they are offered the fundamental support they truly need. We are excited to bring you the latest issue of Rockland Recovery’ print newsletter, The Doorway! The Fall edition is packed with inspiring stories and messages of resilience, generosity, and hope from our clients, staff, and supporters who are transforming lives and strengthening our communities. Community Substance Abuse Center (CSAC) We provide HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI testing and counseling; a healthy meals program; syringe and naloxone distribution; and an array of education, navigation, and support services. Our specialized, short-term treatment programs are for individuals diagnosed with substance use disorder who have additional treatment needs. We provide high-quality, evidence-based services based on individual needs, offering flexible, strengths-based solutions to people’s biggest challenges. The Jamaica Plain Recovery Center (JPRC) is a peer-led community center in partnership with Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The Living and Recovering Community is a 30 to 90 day intensive residential program which offers comprehensive substance use stabilization and case management/housing search services for men and women living with HIV/AIDS who are in recovery. Managed by Rockland Recovery, LARC provides mental health services, substance use disorder services, transitional housing, HIV/AIDS education, and primary healthcare. When individuals and families are safely housed, they’re much more likely to address their health, addictions, and other issues. It’s a “housing first” approach that includes stabilization services, emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing, and case management. For Rockland Recovery Review many, Rockland Recovery represents the last possibility for hope and the first chance for sustained success in their battles with addiction or illness.
