All of Us In Recovery was founded in 2019 based on the idea that addiction is a problem on every level of society and solving it is a collaborative effort. AIR is active in all 8 behavioral health regions of North Dakota.
What is FTR (Free Through Recovery)?
Free Through Recovery is a community based behavioral health program designed to increase recovery support services to individuals involved with the criminal justice system who have behavioral health concerns.
Free Through Recovery participants will work with local providers to receive:
- Care Coordination: Includes an ongoing source of connection, helping participants access treatment and recovery support services, and creatively addressing barriers to individual success. It also includes the provision of assessment, care planning, referrals, and monitoring collaboration with clinical services and probation and parole.
- Recovery Services: Includes access to supportive housing, educational opportunities, meaningful employment, leisure activities and wellness, family and community social supports, parenting education, spiritual engagement, nourishment assistance programs, and any other individualized resources needed to help participants lead a healthy and fulfilling life.
- Peer Support: Connection with a peer who has similar lived experience. Peer support specialists provide mentorship, advocacy and additional recovery support.
Community Connect is designed to meet the needs of individuals through Care Coordination, Peer Support and Recovery Services.
What is 1915i?
The 1915(i) is a Medicaid program that allows individuals with behavioral health conditions to access additional home and community-based services.
Services Available through 1915(i):
The Care Coordinator develops a person-centered plan of care and assists in gaining access to needed 1915i services such as:
- Non-Medical Transportation-: rides to activities in your community or to non-medical appointments to help you meet your goals
- Housing Support: help so you can move into and/or stay in your own home
- Peer Support: help for you from other people who also live with challenges
Eligible individuals meet each of the following criteria:
- age 0+; and
- currently enrolled in ND Medicaid or Medicaid Expansion; and
- have a household income at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Level and
- receive a WHODAS score of 25 or above (the WHODAS is a simple assessment that takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Your WHODAS assessment must have been completed within the past 90 days. If you need a current WHODAS Assessment, the Human Service Zone is one way to receive a current assessment); and
- reside in and will receive services in a setting meeting the federal home and community-based setting requirements (home and community-based settings do not include a nursing facility, institution for mental disease, or an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities); and
- have a qualifying behavioral health diagnosis
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Apply or find out more information at: Accessing 1915(i) Services | Health and Human Services North Dakota
