Recovery Institute Of Southwest Michigan Inc

Empower team maintains a presence at the kalamazoo defender's village program, borgess ascension hospital's psychiatric unit and kalamazoo state psychiatric hospital. While in these organizations, staff role model recovery, assist individual patrons with locating community resources, share their own stories of recovery and encourage engagement with other community organizations.

Workforce development: offers opportunities to engage in meaningful roles and educational opportunities to develop skills needed to work in the field as a peer support worker.

Peer navigation/recovery coaching: peer navigator staff work in the kalamazoo public library to provide patrons and staff with community resources and assistance in addressing mental health, addiction, housing and other basic needs through one-on-one coaching and by identifying other community resources. Recovery coaches support individuals enrolled in a variety of drug treatment court programs, to encourage their success in completing the programs.