TURNING POINT CENTER OF CENTRAL VERMONT INC

Programs

1. Form 990, part iii, line 4a - first accomplishment our core program is to provide a safe, alcohol and other-drug free environment in which people in recovery can receive one-to-one and group peer support, participate in educational programs, and engage in sober recreation and social activities. We also host outside recovery mutual support groups such as alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, al-anon, and families anonymous. We also host parenting programs, life skills groups,and healthy activities such as yoga. Among the groups/programs we facilitate or conduct are making recovery easier, an evidence-based workshop series that introduces participants to basic recovery concepts and activities; smart recovery, which provides a peer-led introduction to established clinical techniques for handling stress,difficult emotions, substance cravings, etc.; and the all-recovery meeting, a recovery support group that welcomes people on all pathways to recovery. Due to a catastrophic flood on july 10, 2023, our facility was damaged and irreparably infected with toxic mold. As a result we did not have a facility in which to conduct our programs until may 1, 2024. Thus, during the remaining…

   $246,789 spent$262,390 earned by the program
   47% of program spending

2. Our 2nd program is called "recovery coaches in the emergency department and involves providing peer recovery coaches in the emergency departments of two local hospitals, central vermont medical center (cvmc)and gifford medical center (gmc).this program was not conducted at our facility and so was not affected by the flood. During the period of july 1, 2023, and june 30, 2024,our recovery coaches engaged with 763 patients at the two hospitals.

   $221,013 spent$221,013 earned by the program
   42% of program spending

3. Form 990, part iii, line 4c we have a special program linking people receiving medication assisted treatment (mat) for opioid use disorder with recovery supports and the larger recovery community. During the past year our mat guides the peer recovery coaches responsible for carrying out this program conducted recovery support meetings at regional and local mat clinics, provided individual recovery support to individuals who were in, or seeking to be inducted into, the mat program, and facilitated recovery groups at turning point intended to welcome mat patients into the local recovery community. The latter 2 activities were severely impacted by the loss of our facility due to the flood.

4. Form 990, part iii, line 4d - all other accomplishments we expanded a program started last year providing a recovery coach to the montpelier police department (mpd) to include providing a recovery coach to the barre city police department (bcpd) as well. As per last year, these recovery coaches engaged with persons encountered by the police who exhibited symptoms of a substance use disorder. The recovery coach followed up with referrals from mpd and bcpd on a weekly or other regular basis; accompanied officers on foot patrols through downtown montpelier and barre city to engage with individuals on the street as well as business owners; and attended coffee with a cop" activities with an officer at public events. Another addition to this program was to support first responders throughout washington county pursuant to an evidence-based law enforcement program called, crisis intervention teams (cit).a final program initiated during the fiscal year, called the beacon project, was a collaboration with montpelier and barre city ems agencies to link a peer recovery coach with patients encountered in the field who had an accidental drug overdose reversed but who refused to accompany ems to…

   $60,063 spent$297,790 earned by the program
   11% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $527,865.