FOR-DO

Programs and Services

The Turning Point Recovery Community Centers in Oneonta and Delhi Recovery Support Services help prevent relapse and sustain long-term recovery by building recovery capital, demonstrating hope, inviting all to participate, promoting volunteerism, and creating public awareness. Friends of Recovery of Delaware and Otsego Counties, inc. (FOR-DO) is charged with providing Recovery Support Services in four general areas.....

Emotional Support Services

• Peer-led Support Groups – Recovery Support for the whole family
• Peer-led Recovery Coaching (mentoring) projects that offer One-on-one guidance and direction and help with identifying and accessing community resources that match self-identified needs and interests
• Telephone Recovery Support Services

Informational Support Services

• Peer-led Resource Connector programs – linkage to and assistance with:

• housing, employment, public assistance, emergency relief,

• benefits and entitlements,

• legal services, citizen restoration,

• educational applications and financial aid, vocational rehabilitation and training

• Life Skills classes and workshops – and how to access these resources
• Health and Wellness classes and workshops
• Education and Career Planning classes and workshops

Informational Support Services – Access to resources, including NY SOARS or Access to Recovery, a federal voucher program that provides funds to eligible individuals to receive services that might otherwise be unattainable:

• child care
• transportation
• clothing services
• food banks
• emergency services,

Affiliational Support Services – Free Social/Recreational activities Substitution of addiction-oriented social networks with pro-recovery networks and communities of affiliation

• family-centered events,
• leisure interest development,
• speaker events, educational forums, community and cultural involvement,
• sport team events, health and information fairs,
• Recovery Month events and conferences