Programs

Community Outreach and Recovery Services (CORS)

Fourteen organizations across Illinois deliver support services to individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUDs) who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability. In collaboration with community partners, peer support workers (PSWs), and persons with lived experience (PWLEs), CORS connects individuals to recovery coaching and resources, treatment, housing, and other supports.

CORS subrecipients are expected to:

  • Partner with Continuums of Care and other community providers, such as Recovery Oriented System of Care Councils, recovery community organizations, and Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution programs.
  • Conduct outreach in the community and in coordination with other community organizations to identify members of the priority population.
  • Engage with people with OUD/SUDs in peer and recovery-focused activities, connecting them to harm reduction, housing, treatment, and/or additional recovery support services.
  • Establish pathways for peer workforce expansion through:
    • Onboarding training, such as Mental Health First Aid and Motivational Interviewing for PSWs/PWLEs.
    • Support for PSWs/PWLEs pursuing state recovery support certification credentials.
    • Access to professional staff for case consultation, crisis intervention, and other specialized resources and support.

Subrecipients

Black Men United, Bellwood Region (Cook County)

Boone County Health Department

Central East Alcoholism and Drug Council (dba Hour House)

Fifth Street Renaissance

Gateway Foundation, Inc.

Human Service Center (HSC) (dba Trillium Place)

McDermott Center (dba Haymarket)

Nicasa Behavioral Health Services, NFP

Perfectly Flawed Foundation

Rosecrance, Inc.

Serenity House Counseling Services, Inc.

Stress and Trauma Treatment Center

Thresholds

Trilogy, Inc.

Alysan Anderson

Region 1 - Rockford

aanderson@ahpnet.com

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Phil Rainer

Region 7 - Bellwood

phrainer@ahpnet.com

Alysan Anderson

Region 2 - Peoria

aanderson@ahpnet.com

Alejandra Garland

Region 5 - West Chicago

agarland@ahpnet.com

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Cameron Sweatman

Region 6 - Champaign

rsweatman@ahpnet.com

Rachel King-Johnson

Region 3 - Metro East

rking-johnson@ahpnet.com

Rachel King-Johnson

Region 4 - Marion

rking-johnson@ahpnet.com

Dashboards

• Additional Subrecipient 1

• Additional Subrecipient 2

• Additional Subrecipient 3

• Additional Subrecipient 4