Below is a letter from a real participant in the Scarborough, Maine Operation HOPE initiative. Since inception, Operation HOPE has placed more than 240 people directly into treatment.
Social Worker with Everett Police In Washington Shares Two P.A.A.R.I. Success Stories
Lauren Rainbow, an embedded social worker with the Everett Police Department in Washington, shared the story of two P.A.A.R.I. participants who have received treatment through Bella Monte Recovery Center in Desert Hot Springs, Calif. Read their stories here.
True Story: Scarborough Participant Shares His Experience
Shared by a participant in the Scarborough, Maine Operation HOPE Program “I refuse to be another name in the paper and hope that if this can help people who are dealing with addiction or educate those who don’t understand addiction than I would be thankful. There are many more people out there that need help […]
East Bridgewater Reports on Early Results and Successes of PAARI Partnership
EAST BRIDGEWATER — EB HOPE’s Substance Abuse Community Outreach and Intervention Drop-In Center developed to help persons suffering from substance abuse disorders (SUDs), as well as to assist family members or friends of those suffering from SUDs, recently closed out the year having completed the first four of its open-house style 4-hour community outreach sessions. […]
Talking “Success Stories” with Everett, Washington
The City of Everett, Wash. is in the process of creating an addiction outreach program and formalizing a partnership with P.A.A.R.I. Today, the EPD Social Worker, Lauren Rainbow, blogged about an early success story with a person suffering from addiction who came to the police department. We got involved and helped place the person into […]
“Today You Saved My Son” – Mom
We receive a lot of feedback about our programs, some of it moves us to tears. The following is a letter we received from a mother of a participant. She has graciously allowed us to share it here. Dear Chief, It was the chief resident of a psychiatric hospital, who weary from my insistence that […]