Ordinance 3769-20 - Laserfiche WebLink

ERC Narrative Statement(11) o 88% of mothers had parents who abused alcohol/drugs. o 65%were physically/sexually abused as a child. o 25%were involved in foster care as a child. o 35% did not finish high school. There is a multidimensional community benefit to improving ERC's capacity and enhancing its facilities to provide unique neonatal care onsite with the mother. Evergreen Recovery Centers provides critical housing and services to a population that consumes a great deal of time from law enforcement, crisis services, health care, social services, criminal justice systems and housing providers. With the rezone and proposed project, our primary goals are: o Eliminate long waiting lists for mothers with more than one child (now 3 months or more to obtain room in the program), o Mothers will be able to immediately bring all their young children to live with them at the treatment center, keeping family units intact. o Mothers in need of our services can be transferred by local hospitals immediately after birth,with the infant, increasing positive outcomes. o Newborns will be kept with the mother in a highly nurturing environment rather than placed on morphine (the current treatment for infants born to mothers who are using prescribed opiate recovery medications) and sent alone to a perinatal program to withdraw from the morphine over 6 weeks. o Onsite play areas, both indoors and outdoors, will be improved and Evergreen will be able to provide specialized infant accommodations, thus facilitating early release from crowded neonatal hospital units. After completion of services,the mothers become self-sufficient and strong parents in addition to improving their own emotional and physical health: o 85%of their children are living with the mothers and out of foster care. o 75% are abstinent from alcohol and drugs for at least 6 months. o 68% are using family planning regularly. o 56% are enrolled in college or completed their GED. o 100%of mothers receive concurrent mental health service to address co- occurring depression, anxiety and impacts of childhood abuse and trauma. o Infants and children in residence catch up to normal developmental benchmarks as a result of the developmental services provided by Evergreen Recovery Centers. Evergreen Recovery Centers is excited about expanding its capacity and supporting mother-child bonding during these critical first months of life, and ultimately, breaking the cycle of addiction with the preventive services this unique program for young families offers.