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“When you love someone in addiction, it hurts on every level, it affects you emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually, everything,” Shawnee Robel said. “You’re just trying to survive. When they come in and sit down and start to hear other people who go through it, and they start to see things change, it’s like light bulbs coming on. I wouldn’t want to do anything else than help other people find that kind of freedom.”
"Families in Recovery program is a success, coordinators say," The Daily Item
What if we could create more resilient communities, and engage with each other more civilly through intentional skill-building, connection, and communication?
That’s the groundbreaking idea being promoted by Susquehanna Valley Mediation, a Selinsgrove, Pa.- based mediation organization that’s branching out beyond its legal work to offer individuals, families, workplaces, schools, and organizations tools needed to accomplish those objectives.
To read more, click this article from WVIA.
ARPA Funds used by SVM to help reduce recidivism in Union County
Susquehanna Valley Mediation received COVID-19 relief money from Union County to fund programs working with formerly incarcerated people before, during, and after their release from prison to reduce recidivism and support healthy reintegration into society.
To read more, click this article from the Daily Item.
Snyder and Union Counties to spend combined $200K to combat opioid crisis
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Snyder and Union counties will pool more than $200,000 they’ve received from an opioid settlement fund to help individuals in recovery and their families.​
The counties will use the money to fund the Susquehanna Mediation Center’s Families in Recovery program, if approved by the Opioid Trust, Snyder County Commissioner Joe Kantz and Union County Commissioner Preston Boop said Tuesday.
To read more, click this article from the Daily Item.