The AIDS Service Center of NYC (ASC) is replicating an earlier, mixed-gender, RCSP peer recovery support project, but adapting and tailoring it specifically to economically disenfranchised African American and Latina women living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS who also have a history of alcohol and/or drug problems and are currently in or seeking to enter recovery. Women served by Honoring Every Woman’s Right to Safety (H.E.R.S) include those who are homeless or marginally housed ex-offenders, HIV-positive individuals in recovery, and active alcohol and/or drug users contemplating recovery, as well as those engaged in treatment including methadone maintenance. Peer services include recovery coaching, women’s support groups, life skills workshops, health and wellness workshops, community outreach, and the facilitation of pro-recovery social networks. H.E.R.S. provides extensive on-going peer leader training, using a curriculum adapted from ASC’s previous RCSP project. |