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EVERETT III WASHINGTON City of Everett Human Needs Grant January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 Exhibit A Program Summary Organization &Program: Compass Health: Bailey GROWTH Center-Cooking and Healthy Eating Classes PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Compass Health Bailey GROWTH Center(G=Growth,R=Recovery,O=Opportunity,W=Wellness,T=Trust, H=Hope)Center is a peer recovery center in which individuals with behavioral health disorders can work on achieving their personal recovery goals.The GROWTH Center is a program focused on hope,recovery,and resilience.It provides a safe,positive,welcoming environment for individuals to gather and meet.The GROWTH Center provides recovery-oreinted groups,opportunities for socialization,educational presentations,individual peer support,peer-run groups,and assistance with accessing needed resources and services.Homeless persons with behavioral health disorders are included in the target population. Last year the GROWTH center used City of Everett funding to provide cooking groups/classes in the program. These groups have assisted participants to gain needed cooking skills,to learn how to read recipes,to gain nutritional information,to gain food safety knowledge,and to gain information regarding cooking on a budget. These groups have also increased potential employability of persons who may be interested in working in the food service industry.GROWTH Center Peer Counselors have also assisted interested persons in applying for food handler cards in order for clients to apply for specific food-industry employment options. The Bailey GROWTH Center program meets the City of Everett's Human Needs Priority of Persons with Disabilities.Individuals served in the GROWTH Center have behavioral health disorders and a number of participants have severe and persistent psychiatric disorders.All Cooking Group participants are expected to be persons with behavioral health disabilities.The Growth Center also serves persons with physical disabilities(e.g. individuals who use wheelchairs or use walkers)and some of these individuals have regularly attended the cooking groups.The City's Health Services priority is also addressed through referral and coordination of care.Multiple mental health treatment programs are co-located in the Bailey site including the CPIT(Crisis Prevention and Intervention Team),the PATH homeless services program,intensive mental health services(IOP and PACT),the HARPS supportive housing services program,and standard outpatient behavioral health services.The Counseling/Guidance/Legal Services and Counseling/Guidance priority is addressed at the GROWTH Center via peer counselor coaching and support. GROWTH Center peer counselors are able to assist cooking group participants with one on one support to address their cooking/healthy eating concerns as needed.The Compass Health GROWTH Center serves adults of all ages including seniors. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: The specific objectives of the Bailey GROWTH Center's Cooking and Healthy Eating Groups are to assist participants in developing food preparation and cooking skills,to enhance their knowledge of healthy eating and nutrition,to increase their self-sufficiency,and to support participants in incorporating what they have learned into their lives taking into account their individual needs and recovery plans.To meet this objective the GROWTH Center intends to provide the cooking class groups to 90 Everett residents in 2019. 2019 Human Needs Contracts 8