Miracles Club - Peer Support Groups
From hmis
| Group | Addiction Treatment |
| Category | Peer Support Groups |
| Name | Miracles Club |
| Provider |
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Description
The Miracles Club is a Black, peer-led recovery center committed to providing safe spaces for marginalized, historically oppressed racial and ethnic groups. We serve all individuals looking to find freedom and/or reduce harm from alcohol and drug abuse. Our mission is to maintain a recovery focused environment where all people feel safe to heal.”
The main floor of the building has offices and a large meeting room for use by clients and their peer mentors and for acupuncture sessions. The conference room is regularly rented by groups for AA, NA, and other meetings.
Miracles has stabilization houses for women, men, and LGBTQ individuals. Each of the houses has 9-10 residents. Entrance to one of the houses requires that an individual has been clean and sober for two weeks or longer and has a desire to remain clean. Residents can live rent-free in these transitional homes for six months to a year while working on their substance abuse or mental health issues. They do not have staff in the house other than house managers who receive a $350/month stipend for doing UAs on clients and making sure they adhere to the 10:00 p.m. curfew. While living in the transition homes, participants are expected to meet with their mentors and attend out- patient drug and alcohol or mental health services. Mentors assist participants in becoming self-sufficient. They may help participants sign up for SNAP benefits, teach them to ride TriMet, help them locate furniture, assist them in filling out the FASA, get ID, or sign up for health care. According to Ms. Cochran-Dumas, everyone qualifies for a peer mentor.
On the upper floors of the Miracles Club are apartments which are rented to people in recovery. Residents can take part in the classes held in the conference room below. In the basement, they have rows of new clothing that is given out to residents when they enter the program.
The Miracles Club has three vehicles which are used for out-reach activities. They hand out new backpacks containing Narcan, clean needles, snacks, hand sanitizer, socks, sweatpants, and hoodies. They use incentive cards worth from $25-$500 for participants to use for gas or food.
Facilities
Miracles Club Office
Contacts
Contact: Director of Development and Outreach - O’Nesha Cochran-Dumas Phone: (971) 517-7494