Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC)

MISSION:  To provide individualized psychosocial opportunities that will build on each Veteran’s strengths, abilities, needs and preferences while providing wellness tools and encouraging community involvement in meaningful self-determined roles.

VISION:  To foster a collaborative network of relationships that will affirm, challenge, and inspire Veterans toward meaningful personal recovery. We believe that everyone deserves a chance to realize their purpose in life, and be a part of their chosen community.

PHILOSOPHY:  To provide a supportive learning environment for those Veterans demonstrating difficulties with community adjustment, interpersonal rela­tions, medication, vocational and/or educational issues. The PRRC also encourages family or significant others to be involved in the Veteran’s treat­ment through support and family education groups.

• Open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
• Hours can be flexible to cover the needs of the Veteran and their families.
• After hours services are available on an as needed basis.
• PRRC Veterans may also be seen for individual sessions with PRRC staff as needed.
• Veterans are expected to be scheduled for routine follow-up in the Mental Health Clinic for management of medication, as well as Primary Care for medical issues.

The PRRC Program offers to Veterans a menu of daily group options and he/she can choose to participate in specific classes/groups that will assist with his/her own goals. Some of the services available to Veterans in the program include:

• Social skills (SST) and other psycho-educational groups

• Individual assessment and curriculum planning linked to the recovery plan

• Illness management and recovery groups

• Health and Wellness programming

• Various DBT informed skills groups

• Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET)

• Problem Solving Treatment (PST)

• Peer Support services

• Individual evidence-based psychotherapy (cognitive behavioral therapy, etc.)

• Assistance and support of co-occurring substance use disorders (SMART Recovery)

Under general circumstances, during the first few months to first year in the program, Veterans will pursue their recovery goals by taking classes that promote knowledge and skill building.  Then, as Veterans become more confident in their skills, they might begin to take fewer PRRC classes as they start to apply these skills in a community setting related to their recovery goals.

Veterans can participate in the program as long as they need to in order to help them move toward their recovery goals, and Veterans that have graduated can return if their symptoms worsen and they need additional support. The phases are not formally set or documented for each participant, but rather serve as a guideline for Staff, Veterans, and other interested parties for what to expect in the Life Skills Enrichment Center.