Advocacy & Outreach

Are you interested in making an MPAC in the community?
Join the volunteer MPAC Outreach Team.
Volunteer interest meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month.

View the event calendar for details.

For more information contact:

mpacalp@gmail.com

Attn: Marie Conn

MPAC 2021-2026 Advocacy Priorities

MPAC will advocate, organize and build capacity for inclusive policies related to recovery support services & social justice to include but not limited to:

Increase access to recovery, mental and behavioral support services
Wage equality for Peer Workforce
Bridge the gap for the digital divide
Funding for Peers in Recovery Residences
Increase access to funding for recovery community-based organizations
Medicaid Billable Services for Peers
Increase access to crisis services for individuals in and or seeking recovery
Increase access for Youth, Youth Adult & Family Recovery Support Services
Overdose Prevention, Harm Reduction, and Narcan Access
Decriminalization & Reentry Services
Racial Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Organizational & ProfessionalTraining Development for Peers

2021 Legislative Advocacy Efforts

Our members advocated for the following;

Overdose Prevention
Good Samaritan Expansion
Oversdose Awareness Day
National Recovery Month
Decriminalization
Crisis Response Services
Telehealth Access Act
Election Law - Correctional Facilities -
Voter Registration and Voting

Workgroups

In addition, our members participate in the following workgroups:

Healing City Baltimore
Baltimore City Opioid Intervention Team
Greater Baltimore Regional Integrated Crisis System (GBRICS) Leadership
CQT Crisis Services Steering Committee
Innovations in Recovery through Infrastructure Support (IRIS)
National Council on Behavioral Health for Racial Equality

Outreach

Our members participate in the following outreach efforts:

Recovery Voter Registration
Overdose Prevention
Community Clean ups
Recovery Community Listening Sessions
Street Outreach

Collaborations

Daniel Torsch Foundation
Dolan Foundation
Choices
Voices of Hope
OOO of Maryland
Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling
More Than a Shop
Joy Baltimore
Young People in Recovery

Affiliations

Open Society Institute Baltimore
Baltimore Harm Reduction
Bridges Coalition
Hey Peers
Association for Recovery High Schools (ARMS)
Recovery Advocacy Project (RAP)
Maryland Department of Health Overdose Response Program (ORP)
Faces & Voices of Recovery Association of Recovery Community Organizations (ARCO)