Connecticut Valley Addiction Recovery Inc

-- counseling services for substance use disorder -- all patients being treated for substance use disorders see a counselor for individual and/or group sessions. Expansion of our group offerings has been hampered by the loss of one therapist in the last year. Plans are to replace her and add another therapist (< 1 fte) to conduct groups. We continue to tailor our group offerings to include gender specific groups facilitated and a telehealth group to extend access to working clients and those without transportation. We use telehealth technology for individual counseling for those individuals with significant transportation issues or other, insurmountable, access barriers. Plans are being made to have sufficient counseling capacity so that services can be offered to patients who are not currently receiving medication from our prescribers. The practice now is a referral partner with the vermont impaired driver rehabilitation program and will become associated with the new windsor county drug court with its inception in 2025. In 2024 there were 3115 counseling visits, with some patients coming solely for counseling without medication assisted treatment.

-- case management -- by participating with the vt blueprint for health, we continue to offer case management services by a certified nurse case manager to assist clients with overcoming barriers to treatment and health such as housing, transportation, and health insurance. Through a fund established with the generosity of donors, we are also able to offer limited financial assistance to help defray the cost of treatment to un- and underinsured individuals. This program is augmented by cvar being accepted into the vermont department of substance use preferred provider program, giving access to block grants that contribute to the support of this initiative. In 2024, 164 clients participated in this program.