09/08/2026
Tuesday Outreach Update β Follow-Up Care in Action
COPES Mobile Services will not be able to make it to our regular Tuesday outreach today.
Although the trailer won't be out, the work continues. Today I'll be focusing on follow-up care, advocacy, and helping people navigate services so the connections we make during outreach don't end after the first conversation.
That can mean checking on referrals, helping someone connect with treatment or medical care, working through barriers, advocating for better services, and making sure people don't get lost between agencies.
π Why does follow-up care and continued support matter?
Peer and recovery support can help people stay engaged with services, strengthen their recovery, build relationships, and connect with the resources they need.
Sometimes handing someone a phone number or referral isn't enough. They may need another phone call, help making an appointment, transportation resources, advocacy when they run into a barrier, a warm handoff, or simply someone who continues to show up.
Outreach makes the connection. Follow-up helps keep that connection going. π€
Recovery is also possible. SAMHSA reports that about 7 in 10 adults who have ever had a substance use problem consider themselves to be recovering or in recovery.
π Learn more about recovery and peer support:
SAMHSA β Recovery & Recovery Support
https://www.samhsa.gov/substance-use/recovery
SAMHSA β Peer Support Workers
https://www.samhsa.gov/substance-use/recovery/peer-support-workers
SAMHSA β Peer Support Services in Recovery
https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/important-considerations-recovery-pep24-02-004.pdf
If you were planning to see us today or need help with treatment, recovery support, Narcan, medical care, housing, insurance, or other community resources, please reach out.
π Call or Text: (541) 304-2951
π§ Email: [email protected]
π Meeting people where they're at is the beginning. Continuing to show up, advocate, and walk alongside them helps turn that first connection into an opportunity for lasting change.
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