Recovery Oriented System of Care is an alliance of local organizations designed to help pregnant and parenting women find resources to start on a road of recovery from a substance use disorder or to maintain early recovery with a goal of keeping mother’s and their children together.

Numerous agencies work together to offer recovery support through out-patient therapy, recovery community centers like Four Rivers Behavioral Health’s Turning Point and sober living homes like Four Rivers Behavioral Health’s Lily House. Further, other agencies like Kentucky Cares, Baptist Health – Paducah, Mercy Health – Lourdes, the Kentucky Department of Community Base Services, Goodwill Opportunity Center of Paducah and others coalesce around the mother to offer pre-natal care, job placement assistance, access to aid from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and other services to ensure that children and their mothers stay together. For most, case management services also are provided along with additional interventions intended to engage mothers in treatment services.

The Recovery Oriented System of Care program is augmented by the KY Moms Maternal Assistance Towards Recovery program. This stand-alone program welcomes all women who are pregnant or who have just delivered. There is a workshop hosted by KY Moms Maternal Assistance Towards Recovery that is held monthly at local health departments, hospitals, wellness centers, and Cooperative Extension Offices.  There are nine different counties that receive services, Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Marshall, and McCracken.  This is often the first step taken in an overall recovery plan and serves as a gateway to the many services available as part of the Recovery Oriented System of Care.