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Low-Barrier Access to Treatment
When Patients Need Recovery Access

Recovery Access Maryland will be a low-barrier, high-reliability SUD access platform — built around the number 222-2222 — with utility for local or statewide use. We're developing the program and actively seeking state and county contract partnerships to fund pilot programming and full launch.

(443) 222-2222
(240) 222-2222 (227) 222-2222 (667) 222-2222 (771) 222-2222 DC (948) 222-2222 VA
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This is what's possible — and we're ready to build it.

Recovery Access Maryland and the Recovery Access Alliance are in active development. This document illustrates the operating model, vetted clinical network, and public-facing access platform that the founding clinical partners are prepared to stand up together. A contracted services agreement for a defined patient program, population, or region is the fastest path from concept to operational launch.

Building for Reliability

Built for Reliability. Designed to Grow.

Recovery Access Maryland will provide low-barrier, direct access to medication-assisted treatment—starting focused, with infrastructure to expand as partnerships develop. The 222-2222 pattern is a clinical decision that will reduce friction at critical moments and will ensure the number sticks. The footprint extends beyond Maryland, with RAM already holding the DC (771) area code—positioning the model for regional expansion and partnership opportunities in the District.

RAM will complement existing services like 988 and crisis programs, adding a safety net layer when patients fall through gaps. RAM will serve providers—helping state, county, and city programs meet obligations and expand care access.

The Transition Moment
When Paperwork Gets Lost, the Number Still Works

If someone happens to lose their paperwork after discharge from an emergency department, a detention center, or another high-risk setting, it doesn't have to matter. The ease of 222-2222 helps ensure a more reliable connection to care — a number simple enough to communicate verbally at discharge, retain without documentation, and recall days later when the person is ready to reach out.

Where We Are Today

Recovery Access Maryland is being developed by BrightWell Recovery Health, a licensed behavioral health and addiction medicine practice in Maryland. We're building Recovery Access Alliance as the partnership and operating entity to expand through formal agreements with care systems and community organizations. We're actively seeking state and county contract partnerships to fund and scale this vision.

The Power of a Single Digit
2
The Power of a Single Digit

A Number You Can't Forget

Just remember "2."

For all practical purposes, the RAM access line will work as a single digit—seven 2s. That's all a caller in crisis, someone considering treatment for the first time, or a family member trying to help will need to remember. Brand the digit, not the phone number.

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    No card, no paperwork, no Google search. Someone who's ready to reach out doesn't have to dig through a wallet or find a flyer — they just dial 2 seven times.
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    See the ad once. Remember it for years. Someone not ready today may be ready in six months, two years, or after the next crisis. A single digit will lodge in memory in a way a seven-digit number never will—and will resurface the moment it's needed.
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    Works on every billboard, bus wrap, pill bottle label, business card, and ED discharge sheet. The visual is unmistakable: a bold "2" with a Maryland outline. No explanation required.
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    No wrong number. RAM owns 4 of Maryland's 6 area codes (443, 240, 227, 667), and (410) routes back through the Anne Arundel County 311 collaboration. Whichever area code a caller remembers—they will reach RAM. No need to get the prefix "right."
No Wrong Number · No Wrong Door

The RAM 222-2222 Access Network

RAM directly owns 4 of Maryland's 6 area codes (443, 240, 227, 667), with (410) routed back through the Anne Arundel County 311 collaboration. This multi-prefix approach ensures any familiar Maryland prefix lands at RAM—no need to remember which one.

Primary RAM Line
(443) 222-2222
Maryland · Statewide Public Access
Future Program
(240) 222-2222
Maryland · To be assigned to a specific program or population
Future Program
(227) 222-2222
Maryland · RAA-Held · To be assigned to a specific program or population
Future Program
(667) 222-2222
Maryland · To be assigned to a specific program or population
District
(771) 222-2222
Washington, DC
Regional
(948) 222-2222
Eastern Shore Virginia
Collab Opportunity
(410) 222-2222
Anne Arundel County 311 · routing collaboration

Each number can be dedicated to a specific Alliance partner, program, or population while routing through the unified RAM platform for quality, coordination, and monthly reporting. The only Maryland area code not covered is (301), which a future partnership could address.

District of Columbia · (771) 222-2222
A Regional Opportunity in DC

With the right contracted services agreement, (771) 222-2222 could become the District's memorable, unified access number for post-overdose linkage, 988 step-down, and reentry MOUD initiation — extending RAM's low-barrier model into DC.

Who Will be Able to Engage RAM — The Potential (Program Dependent)

The audiences below represent the range of potential engagement — specific capabilities will activate as programs are funded and launched with contracted partners.

Patients & Families

Direct public access via 222-2222 for anyone seeking SUD treatment, information, or support for a loved one.

Hospital Emergency Departments

Post-overdose and ED discharge warm connections into the Alliance for rapid, verified follow-up care.

988 Crisis System

Downstream SUD step-down partner for 988 providers — closing the loop on referrals and outcome reporting.

City Agencies

Municipal health, homeless services, and public safety programs needing a reliable SUD treatment access point.

County Health Departments

Local behavioral health authorities and opioid response teams across Anne Arundel, Howard, Baltimore, PG, and beyond.

State Programs (BHA, Medicaid)

Maryland Behavioral Health Administration, Medicaid, and Opioid Restitution Fund stakeholders aligned on coordinated access.

Community Clinicians & PCPs

Primary care, pain, and behavioral health providers who need a trusted, fast referral path for patients with SUD concerns.

Reentry & Justice Programs

Jails, drug courts, probation, and reentry programs connecting justice-involved individuals to verified SUD care on release.

Anne Arundel County 311 Collaboration

Collaboration opportunity to route misdirected SUD/treatment calls from the county's 311 system into RAM for rapid response.

Inpatient SUD Programs (DMV)

Residential, detox, and inpatient SUD facilities across DC, Maryland, and Virginia — discharge planning and step-down collaboration. With RAM in place, inpatient programs gain an additional layer and safety net: if a discharge referral doesn't connect, RAM can help re-engage the patient and route them back to the original program or to another Alliance partner before they're lost.

Use Cases

Who Calls. Why It Matters.

Recovery Access Maryland will serve the full referral ecosystem—from clinical settings discharging patients into uncertainty, to community providers needing a reliable next step.

Scenario One · Possibility
988 Step-Down Referral

A 988 counselor is working with a caller in SUD distress who is not in acute psychiatric crisis but needs MOUD access.

→988 counselor provides 222-2222 as follow-up resource
→RAM extends the continuum for SUD-specific linkage
→Outcome data available to 988 partners under formal agreement
Scenario Two · Possibility
Post-Overdose Survivor Linkage

Post-overdose survivors identified across multiple touchpoints—emergency departments, EMS field encounters, mobile crisis services, or community clinician referrals—represent a critical, high-risk population. RAM will provide a single linkage point and rapid connection to treatment regardless of where the survivor is first identified.

→Any partner (ED, EMS, crisis team, clinician) dials 222-2222
→A RAM clinician will conduct screening and brief assessment
→Same-day MOUD initiation will be arranged
Scenario Three · Possibility
ED to Community Transition

Patient discharged with buprenorphine bridge but no established prescriber. The gap between discharge and first appointment is the highest-risk window.

→Discharge team gives 222-2222 verbally—patients connect even if paperwork is lost
→Patient or family calls when ready
→RAM will connect to BrightWell or appropriate community provider
Scenario Four · Possibility
Detention or Incarceration Release

Individual released from detention. Overdose risk in the first two weeks post-release is among the highest of any clinical scenario.

→222-2222 communicated verbally at release—will survive lost documentation
→Individual calls; RAM will provide same-day MOUD linkage
→No prior relationship or referral form required
Scenario Five · Possibility
Primary Care Referral for MOUD

A primary care provider identifies OUD but is not equipped to initiate buprenorphine. They need a trusted, low-friction referral pathway.

→PCP refers via 222-2222 or provides number at visit
→RAM will initiate MOUD via telehealth if appropriate
→Collaborative care with shared documentation available
Scenario Six · Possibility
Counselor & Therapist Referral

A licensed counselor or therapist is working with a client whose SUD has escalated to the point where MAT is clinically indicated.

→Counselor refers client to 222-2222 or calls to coordinate
→RAM will handle MOUD initiation; counselor retains therapeutic relationship
→Coordinated care notes and follow-up available
Who We Are Seeking

Building Partnerships Across Care Systems

Expanding RAM will require formal partnerships with programs and agencies serving high-risk populations. We're seeking relationships with the systems below. Funded partnership agreements will be required to move RAM from development into pilot programming and full launch.

Crisis & Behavioral Health
  • 988 Lifeline operators
  • Mobile crisis teams
  • Crisis stabilization units
  • Psychiatric emergency programs
  • Community mental health centers
Hospitals & Emergency Medicine
  • Emergency departments
  • Hospital SBIRT programs
  • Inpatient care transition teams
  • Trauma centers
Corrections & Reentry
  • Maryland Division of Correction
  • Baltimore City Detention Center
  • County detention centers statewide
  • Halfway houses & transitional housing
  • Reentry organizations
  • Probation & parole programs
Courts & Legal Programs
  • Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court
  • Maryland statewide drug court network
  • DUI & DWI intervention courts
  • Behavioral health courts
  • Juvenile diversion programs
County & Public Health
  • Local health departments
  • Behavioral health authorities
  • Opioid response teams
  • Regional collaboratives
  • Public health coalitions
Primary & Specialty Care
  • Primary care practices
  • Federally Qualified Health Centers
  • Mental health practices
  • OB/perinatal SUD programs
  • HIV/HCV co-management programs
  • Veteran-focused care programs
Dedicated Line Feature
Assign a Number to Your Program

Any of our held area codes can be reserved for a specific partner program serving a defined population. That number will answer under your program's identity, calls will be navigated by RAM clinicians, and outcome data will flow back for compliance and grant reporting.

Baltimore City reentry program
County drug court
Hospital ED warm handoff
988 overflow linkage
Detention center release
County health department
Perinatal SUD program
Veteran reentry services

Program and Service Development for County, State, Regional Agencies/Organizations

(443) 222-2222