Recovery in Community is an intensive prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery program located in Southwest Baltimore designed around the principle that substance abuse is a complex and multi-faceted problem that challenges individuals and the community in which they live. RIC offers intensive outpatient and early intervention services, in addition to individual and group counseling, acupuncture, referral and outreach services. Small, community-based substance abuse treatment programs such as RIC have faced major reductions in public grant funding due to a shift to a fee-for-service/Medicaid reimbursement model. This Management Assistance Grant funded a consultant to help RIC leadership and community stakeholders explore whether a merger would make sense for the program.