Utoo Radio - September 19, 2024 - The Addictions Prevention and Recovery Services Work Plan (2022-2024) for the Northwest Territories (NWT) has been completed, with 24 action items aimed at strengthening addictions and wellness programs.

The plan includes establishing a Territorial Addictions Working Group, determining best practices for demographic information categorization, combining the Community Counselling Program Service-User Satisfaction Questionnaire and Addictions Recovery Experience Survey, administering the Mental Wellness and Addictions Recovery Experiences Questionnaire, reviewing best practices and national standards in addiction recovery and aftercare, developing a process for aftercare planning, and developing Standard Operating Procedures and tools.

The plan also includes a Cultural Safety and Anti-Racism Tool, reviewed Community Counselling Program Standards, and implemented an overarching logic model and monitoring framework for core mental wellness and addictions recovery programs.

The GNWT has developed an online action tracker to keep residents informed of progress.