Your Rights in Recovery Toolkit

The Your Rights in Recovery Toolkit, launched in April 2021 by RIZE Massachusetts, offers the support and resources people with opioid use disorder need as they navigate things like housing, employment, and treatment. The toolkit is for people in and seeking treatment and recovery, loved ones, providers, allies, and advocates to help navigate through these systems.

To plan for the next version of the toolkit in ways that are productive, stakeholder-informed, and sustainable, RIZE and MLPB have collaborated on this survey. We appreciate you taking less than five minutes to respond. Thank you!

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* 1. Have you visited the Your Rights in Recovery (YRIR) Toolkit since it launched in April 2021?

Yes

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* 2. Do you work/live in Massachusetts?

Yes

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* 3. Currently the YRIR Toolkit covers seven main topics:

Treatment and Recovery Pathways

Treatment and Health Care

Recovery and Family Resources

Recovery and Housing

Recovery and Education

Recovery and Employment

Legal and Justice System Resources

Below is a list of potential additional topics. Please select up to three (3) areas that you believe should be highest priority to feature in the toolkit.

Harm Reduction (currently a subsection housed under Treatment and Recovery Pathways)

Income Supports (including SNAP/food stamps, TAFDC, disability benefits)

Intimate Partner Violence (sometimes called domestic violence)

Interpersonal Safety (including suspected child neglect, abuse of elders or people with disabilities)

Child Welfare Systems (led by the Department of Children & Families, or DCF)

Utilities (including gas, electricity, water, telephone, internet)

Transportation

Other (please specify)

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* 4. In your experience partnering with individuals in recovery, where are they experiencing the greatest barriers when trying to access supports? Please select up to three (3).

Health Care

Health Insurance

Public Housing Authority

Private Housing

Shelter

Probate & Family Court

Department of Children and Families

Employment

Education

Criminal Legal Systems

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Currently the toolkit’s Recovery and Housing section focuses on sober housing, evictions, housing discrimination, and general tenants' rights. Are there other aspects of housing that you think should be included in the toolkit?

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* 6. Currently the toolkit’s Recovery and Family Resources section focuses on treatment options for pregnant people, medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), visitation and custody rights, and plans of safe care (POSC). Are there other aspects of family resources that you think should be included in the Toolkit?

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* 7. Below is a list of populations have experienced inequitable access to a range of health-promoting resources, including those related to recovery and treatment. Which would you encourage the next version of the toolkit to prioritize? Please select up to three (3) populations.

Race-specific resources

Sex/Gender-specific resources

LGBTQ+ inclusive resources

Resources for non-English speakers

Resources for immigrants/undocumented individuals

Resources for individuals who have hearing or vision disabilities

Resources for individuals with a dual diagnosis (e.g., substance use disorder (SUD) & mental health disorder)

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Your work is complex and important, as are the challenges that individuals in recovery face. Is there anything else that you would like us to know at this time?

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* 9. With what kind of organization do you work for/are you affiliated?

Health Insurance Company

Health Care and/or Treatment Provider

Community Coalition/Stakeholder

Criminal Legal System

Public Safety/First Responder

Housing and Homeless Service

Education

State/Local Government Agency

Prevention Program

Employer/Union

Peer/Other Recovery Support Service

Advocacy Organization

Philanthropy

Other (please specify)

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* 10. MLPB is hoping to follow up with members of the Together in Recover Advisory Council (TRAC) as part of this planning process. If you are willing to meet with MLPB for a 15-30 minute phone/video call, will you please share your email address below?