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Join Us Sept. 18th for Prescription For Prevention: Opioid Misuse in Rural Georgia – Register Here
Available Now – The Flight: My Opioid Journey Audiobook. All proceeds support CWC Alliance — Learn More.
CWC Alliance partners with healthcare systems, universities, nonprofits, youth coalitions and community organizations to expand prevention, strengthen recovery support, and bring mental wellness resources to the people and places that need them most.
Grady Memorial Hospital is the founding site of the Life Care Specialist (LCS) program and serves as the primary training hub for CWC Alliance. In 2018 CWC and Grady pioneered the integration of prevention-focused care into clinical settings, embedding LCSs at the patient bedside to provide opioid education, behavioral pain management, and mental wellness support. Grady continues to lead innovation and workforce development for the LCS model nationwide.
Serving the Atlanta metro region, Emory Healthcare partners with CWC Alliance to advance prevention within a leading academic health system. This collaboration supports the integration of Life Care Specialist services into specialty care settings and engages in clinical research alongside orthopedic surgeons to evaluate and strengthen prevention-focused care and patient outcomes.
Serving Northeast Georgia, Mountain Lakes Medical Center partners with CWC Alliance to bring the Life Care Specialist model to a rural community setting. Supported by funding from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust, this program provides patients with opioid education, behavioral pain management tools, and mental wellness support at critical moments of care.
SGMC Health
(South Georgia Medical Center)
Serving South Georgia and the Valdosta region, SGMC Health partners with CWC Alliance to integrate prevention into clinical care. Through the Life Care Specialist program, patients receive education, pain management support, and connection to resources during and after hospitalization.
Serving Northeast Georgia, Stephens County Hospital partners with CWC Alliance to deliver prevention-focused care through the Life Care Specialist program. Together, we support patients with safer pain management, mental wellness tools, and education at the bedside.
Serving rural South Georgia, Coffee Regional Medical Center partners with CWC Alliance to embed Life Care Specialists within the hospital setting. In addition to bedside prevention and pain management support, this site serves as the pilot for the Recovery Coach Virtual Connections initiative, expanding access to peer recovery support in an underserved region.
Serving North Central Arkansas and surrounding rural communities, North Arkansas Regional Medical Center is the first site in the state to implement the Life Care Specialist program. Supported by the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership, this program expands access to opioid education, mental wellness support, and connection to care in a resource-limited region.
Emory University is a key academic and research partner supporting the advancement of substance use prevention within healthcare. Through collaboration with the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, CWC Alliance works with Emory to evaluate the impact of the Life Care Specialist position within hospital settings — furthering our commitment to evidence-based care and validating the essential work that LCSs provide every day.
CWC Alliance’s partnership with Mercer University School of Medicine has played a pivotal role in shaping the training and development of our Life Care Specialists. As the official online LCS curriculum training hub, Mercer University provides a comprehensive learning platform that encompasses academic coursework, HIPAA compliance training, and a range of targeted educational modules — ensuring that every LCS is thoroughly prepared to excel in their role.
The Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) at the Mercer University School of Medicine has worked with CWC Alliance to expand access to prevention-focused care in rural communities. Together we support the implementation of LCS programs across Georgia, strengthening healthcare capacity and ensuring underserved populations receive opioid education and mental wellness support. GRHIC is also the sponsor and host of CWC Alliance’s annual Prescription for Prevention Conference.
The Trauma Resource Institute (TRI) is the developer of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM®), a foundational framework used across CWC Alliance programming. Both our Life Care Specialist and Youth Prevention Network programs utilize the model to integrate evidence-based resiliency skills into both clinical care and community settings.
Resilient Georgia is a statewide initiative advancing trauma-informed and resiliency-centered approaches across systems. CWC Alliance has partnered with Resilient Georgia to begin the Youth Prevention Network (YPN), a program helping scale mental wellness education, youth leadership development, and community-based prevention efforts across all regions of the state.
Since 2018, CWC Alliance has proudly partnered with Usher’s New Look (UNL) to create meaningful change for youth across Georgia. We have since expanded our collaboration to include our Youth Prevention Network (YPN), a dynamic initiative dedicated to empowering young people through training and education focused on prevention, youth empowerment, community collaboration, and beyond.
Hope Movement Coalition partners with CWC Alliance to support families impacted by substance use and traumatic loss. Together, we amplify access to grief support resources and community-based healing opportunities, ensuring individuals and families have pathways to connection, recovery, and resilience.
The Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP) is a statewide collaborative that directs opioid settlement funding to evidence-based solutions. Through this partnership, CWC Alliance has launched Life Care Specialist programs in rural Arkansas hospitals, demonstrating how upstream, prevention-focused care can reduce opioid-related harm at scale.
The Georgia Council for Recovery (GC4R) is a statewide leader in advancing peer-led recovery support for individuals impacted by substance use. GC4R partners with CWC, through funding from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust (GOCAT), to deliver the Recovery Coach Virtual Connections (RCVC) initiative at Coffee Regional Medical Center. This model connects rural hospital patients to real-time peer recovery support via virtual access to Certified Peer Specialists, expanding care in communities where these resources are often limited. By integrating with the Life Care Specialist at the bedside, RCVC provides immediate support, guidance, and linkage to ongoing recovery services.
CWC Alliance has worked with Usher’s nonprofit organization since our founding, with Cammie helping independently for over a decade. She is now the Chair of the Board of Directors. Usher’s New Look works with youth to give them life-changing programming and set them up for a successful path. Working with kids from middle school all the way into college, this foundation provides children with leadership skills and helps them find their passion and pursue it.
CWC Alliance, in its commitment to combating opioid misuse, collaborates closely with Hope Movement to ensure a comprehensive approach. While CWC Alliance focuses on prevention by creating valuable resources and educational materials, Hope Movement Coalition plays a vital role by offering support and resources to individuals dealing with the profound loss of a loved one due to drug overdose, and fentanyl poisoning. Together, we work hand in hand to address the multi-faceted challenges associated with opioid misuse and its devastating consequences.
CWC Alliance has partnered with ARORP to pilot Life Care Specialist Programs in two rural Arkansas hospitals. Leveraging state opioid settlement funds, ARORP and CWC Alliance are working to deliver preventative solutions to Arkansas communities furthering our mission to stop substance misuse before it starts!
