P.E.A.R.L.

Check it out!! The Benton County Drug Court Alumni is looking official now with their new signage for events and outreach!! The Alumni group is very grateful to a private donor who donated the funds to make this happen! BCDCA doing big things!! Picture was taken at todays Alumni meeting at the PEARL Peer Recovery Center! They will be meeting tonight at 5:30pm as well! 👏🤝🥳

P.E.A.R.L. went to the North Arkansas Re-Entry Fair 2024 in Harrison Arkansas today hosted by ABHIN and saw so many friends! Great job, Todd!! #reentrymatters #pearl

It was so great to see this guy while he was in town doing some amazing things for specialty courts. Kyle thank you so much for dropping in to say hi and check out our Peer Recovery Center!

PEARL Staff, Rayola & Jim had the pleasure of being asked to go inside the Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center which is a program that is a branch of the Arkansas Department of Corrections for women who are currently incarcerated. This week is National Reentry Week and they had the opportunity to speak to the women about PEARL and how we can assist when they are released, they shared their personal recovery stories, and they did so awesome they were already asked to come back and do it again in September 🎉🥳❤️🎉 Great job Rayola & Jim representing PEARL and inspiring others through your own recovery!! #nationalreentryweek #reentryadvocate #reentrymatters #peersupport #pearl

Our Executive Director, Kyra and Programs Coordinator Brittany began a new Professional Development journey today that will span the next 14 months! The NWA Gives masterclass training was completed a couple weeks ago and P.E.A.R.L was extended the offer to jump right into this course which is also through GoodmakerU at Branches Mission Lab in NWA. Their team saw the heart and dedication that our staff put in and extended the offer for us to take it to the next level with the RAISE NWA Fundraising Mastermind 14 month course. We are so excited to see how this takes the organization to the next level! HUGE shoutout & much gratitude to the Walmart Foundation for paying for our seats in this course. We promise we will put it to good use! ❤️ #professionaldevelopment #PEARL #walmartfoundation #goodmakeru

Check it out!!! This guy celebrates SIX YEARS of recovery today 🥳👏🥳👏 so we celebrated him! Congratulations Todd!

Today, our final P.E.A.R.L. Board post will be highlighting an Advisor to our Board of Directors. Thank you so much Michelle for all of your selfless service to P.E.A.R.L. over the years! We are very grateful to have you & for everything you do for us! Michelle Barrett began working with the Benton County Adult Drug Court in October 2005. Mrs. Barrett is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and currently serves as Coordinator for all Benton County Specialty Courts. She received her bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Arkansas. She received her Certified Alcohol and Drug Counseling credential in September 2006. She received her master’s degree in Community Counseling from John Brown University. She previously worked 5 years at the Department of Human of Services, Division of Children and Family Services, as both a Family Service Worker and a Foster Care Supervisor. Mrs. Barrett began working for the Department of Community Corrections in September 2003 as a Substance Abuse Program Leader. Ms. Barrett has been highly involved in the growth of the Benton County Drug Court since joining the team. She has seen the program grow from 22 participants to approximately 175. Ms. Barrett has also been an integral part of the funding and grant writing. Mrs. Barrett was tasked with finding a way to start a non-profit for the Benton County Specialty Courts. She worked together with Karen Slater and Ben Roberds in launching PEARL. She has a passion to see PEARL continue to serve the participants. She serves as an advisor and dedicates her time to working with the agency in any way she can.

Some pictures from the 2024 Re-Entry conference last week in Nashville TN! PEARL Team was in the house 📝❤️

Yesterday we showed gratitude for our friends at GoodmakerU and they role they played in our NWA Gives success by providing some awesome training to our team at PEARL. Today, we want to highlight our volunteers, staff, and residents who helped us apply what we learned by their willingness to show up in such a HUGE WAY! We are grateful for all of you! Our Peer Supervisor, Todd Meyer brought in the most donations from our staff competition! Thank you for your hard work Todd! Our Women’s Recovery House resident, Caitlin, brought in the most donations of all residents in both of our Recovery Houses! Thank you Caitlin!! You are amazing! Our volunteer and overall winner was Todd Bucher! He really helped PEARL out and showed tons of love for our cause. In turn he received this certificate that will indeed certify he is… “The Man” 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you so much to everybody that helped that day! So blessed to have you on our A-Team!! 👏👏👏

Our Peer Supervisor in Training Todd representing P.E.A.R.L. at the Arkansas Specialty Court Conference in Little Rock this week! Also, super cool is Nicole who was chosen to speak in the Parade of Transformation! Nicole is both a graduate of P.E.A.R.L. Women’s Recovery House and from the Benton County Drug Court program! She now works as a Case Manager for the Benton County Specialty Courts! WOW! Go Nicole!! 🎉🎉🎉 #specialtycourtswork #PEARLworks #professionaldevelopment