Resources: People with Lived Experience/Peers
Offers training, technical assistance, resources, and other learning opportunities to support and enhance peer recovery support services in the U.S. Focuses on building and advancing recovery supports and services across service settings and in purposed-focused settings; developing the peer workforce; and advancing, educating and informing on evidence-based practices and research related to peer recovery support services.
Provides training and technical assistance to jurisdictions to develop, implement, and expand comprehensive efforts to identify, respond to, treat, and support individuals impacted by the use and misuse of opioids, stimulants, and other substances. Promotes access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system, data collection and sharing, leveraging resources and funding, and efforts to prevent substance misuse.
Provides an overview and history on the use of peer recovery support services (PRSS) in tribal communities to address high rates of substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs). Offers resources and models on best practices for tribes to develop, implement, and sustain PRSS programming. Draws insights from 9 tribal PRSS practitioners to highlight the importance of including Native American culture and traditions into PRSS delivery.
Provides technical assistance to help establish and expand recovery housing services and evidence-based treatment and prevention programs across the U.S., with a focus on counties with the highest rates of overdose deaths.
Discusses key considerations for small and rural law enforcement agencies seeking to establish and maintain peer support services. Promotes peer support as part of a wellness strategy for police officers dealing with substance use, mental, or physical health issues related to working in a high stress occupation. Provides action steps for peer support program design as well as promising practices and lessons learned from 3 small and rural departments currently utilizing peer support.
Interview with Colin Cash from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota discussing his experience founding and leading the Sober Squad Recovery Movement program. Highlights ways that this program can serve as a model for advancing and sustaining recovery communities during periods of change and disruption.
Interview with Andre Johnson, President and CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project. Discusses how a peer-led, peer-run, peer-delivered recovery model can be used to advance recovery communities and help individuals maintain recovery during periods of change and disruption.
Interview with Callan Howton, Director of the National Peer-Run Training and Technical Assistance Center for Addiction Recovery Peer Support. Highlights how this model of providing recovery housing can be used to advance recovery communities and help individuals maintain recovery from substance use during periods of change and disruption.
Panel discussion featuring 5 representatives from recovery communities in different regions of the country. Draws on the speakers' experiences working to build successful community-based recovery programs and explores how their various approaches and strategies may serve as models to advance and sustain recovery communities during periods of change and disruption.
Provides guidance to policymakers, communities, and key stakeholders to develop and implement system- and practice-level changes to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Presents results from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative's HEALing Communities Study. Outlines priority populations and 19 evidence-based interventions to prevent and reduce opioid related overdose deaths. Offers resources on various topics related to opioid overdose and highlights model programs, including those serving rural areas.
Examines 3 rural sites in South Carolina, Kentucky, and Ohio that implemented services for people with substance use disorders (SUDs) who have been released from jail or prison and are currently under supervision to help them maintain treatment and reduce recidivism. Describes how efforts at each site were aligned with the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) at Intercept 5 for individuals with behavioral health disorders who are under community corrections supervision. Program activities were developed as part of Rural Responses to the Opioid Epidemic (RROE) project.
Provides information on innovative and promising practices that support recovery from substance use disorders and behavioral health in rural, frontier, and tribal communities. Includes strategies and examples from rural settings on recovery related topics, such as growing peer workforce; addressing stigma; improving technology access; strengthening recovery ecosystems; identifying funding resources; and collaborating with local, state, and federal partners.
Offers training, technical assistance, and resources to states, tribes, territories, and communities to example the delivery of recovery support services, including peer support services and recovery housing, in the U.S. Partners with people in recovery, providers, family members, and others to improve behavioral health outcomes.
Shares evidence-based guidance on how to integrate peer support services (PSS) into substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs and services. Describes PSS for people with substance related issues, the role and functions of peer recovery workers, and other topics related to incorporating PSS into SUD treatment. Includes specific considerations related to providing peer support in rural areas.