(2) THE CITY OF NASHUA ‘The Gate City"
Division of Public Health and Community Services
Office of the Director
TO: Daniel Kooken, Purchasing Manager
FROM: Bobbie D. Bagley, Director of Division of Public Health & Community Services
SUBJECT: — City of Nashua and Revive Recovery Memorandum of Understanding
DATE: May 16, 2018
In recognition of the current opioid crisis and the complexities of substance use disorders, to
combat the ongoing public health crisis in the City of Nashua, the Division of Public Health and
Community Services (DPHCS) is requesting approval to enter into a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with Revive Recovery to provide supervision to peer tecovery support
wotketrs who ate training to become Certified Recovery Support Workers (CRSWs) and CRSWs
working at Revive.
The DPHCS and Revive Recovery plan to work in partnership to coordinate efforts to
support volunteers and peer recovery support workers through Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
activities and programs provided to address the current challenges for patients trying to access
treatment and ongoing recovery support, which Peer Recovery Support Workers and Certified
Recovery Support Workers provide.
The City’s Master prepared Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (MLADC) will provide
weekly supervision services for two hours to peer recovery coaches on site at Revive. The
supervision will be provided as either one-on-one or in a group supervision setting with no more
than 8 CRSWs and the supervisor. The supervisions will include, but not be limited to, providing
an opportunity for peer recovery coaches and CRSWs to discuss ethical dilemmas, problems that
have arisen in the center, difficult or novel issues, and conflicts of interests.
The MOU is a sole source agreement. The MLADC is currently paid $25.00 per hour for 10
hours pet week. The City’s MLADC supervision services as described in the MOU shall be provided
at no cost to Revive and at no additional cost to the City other than the salary of the MLADC as
employed under the Division of Public Health and Community Services.
Ce John Griffin Janet Graziano Bobbie D. Bagley
18 Mulberry St Street « Nashua, New Hampshire 03060 » Phone (603) 589-4546 e Fax (603) 594-4539
