Welcome to Capital City Campaign
The Medi Community Resource Center (The Medi), is a 501c3 non-profit entity, and we are fully committed to building capacity for the Partners in Care Network (PICN). Our focus is to build capacity and recovery support services for our community and the patients we serve. We are committed individually and collectively to serve the critical needs of those in recovery, who are themselves providing recovery support to their peers, and others who are committed to supporting this effort.
Substance Use Disorder or SUD has an immense effect on our people and communities across the country and in the District of Columbia. SUDs do not discriminate based on age, location, or socioeconomics and have left many families devastated. The opioid epidemic claimed the lives of 65,800 in 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and there were an estimated 220 alcohol-related deaths per day. With an estimated 20 million people in the U.S. ages 12 and older are suffering with an SUD, the need for resources, compassionate care, and targeted treatment has never been more critical.
Addiction can happen to anyone. It holds no preference to race, gender, income, education, or faith. In fact, addiction can grasp individuals, their families, and the communities in which they live – and place a literally death knell on entire areas. Our Capital City Campaign: Transforming Stigma to Rebuild Our Communities brings hope and a voice to individuals and families in the grips of addiction. By rebuilding communities with accessible resources, treatment and compassion, we firmly align ourselves with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s commitment of addiction recovery and ending our opioid crisis. Further, by lifting individuals and building a network of support, we foster hope, facilitate retention in treatment, and assist recovery. And with our direct, hands-on care, we have built and will maintain the infrastructure and capacity necessary to meet the recovery needs of our clients.
With the consequences of COVID-19 continue to linger, gaps in health care resources to those facing SUDs magnified.
For instance, a young woman who seeks care for an SUD will not only benefit from addiction treatment, but will also receive behavior management care, dental intervention, and Well-Woman care in her first year of treatment. Family planning and on-going primary care as well as ongoing behavioral health counseling will set the stage for long-term recovery from SUD. Building a program that supports individuals and integrates substance use services, ultimately, creates sustained solutions for personal/family quality of life in long-term recovery.
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