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At its most basic, a home is a permanent structure that shelters one from the elements and provides a place to sleep and store one’s belongings. Having a safe, decent place to call home is something many people take for granted and something out of reach for many.

The importance of community in the lives of persons with mental health and sustance abuse disorders is widely accepted though not widely practiced. This conference has as its stated purpose to create and to strengthen relationships with local communities. Local communities are very important to the rural areas of the Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania (BHARP).

In the contract year of 2008/2009, Buprenorphine services were placed as a high priority under the Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania (BHARP) HealthChoices reinvestment plan.

The Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural PA was established in the fall of 2006 at the request of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare’s (DPW) Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS).