Peer Recovery Center of Excellence

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Recovery Talk Series: Amplifying Diverse Voices

We are thrilled to bring you a special podcast series called "Amplifying Diverse Voices.” In these episodes, Wardell Royal III of our Health Equity team hosts discussions with featured guests from various backgrounds within the recovery movement. Our aim is to engage in dynamic conversations about their personal journeys and highlight the incredible work they are doing in their communities. Stay tuned as we amplify diverse voices and continue our mission to provide hope, support, and valuable insights for all those affected by substance use challenges.

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Featured Resource

IDD/SUD Roundtable Toolkit - Working with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities who Struggle with Substance Use Disorders

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Upcoming Event

Peer Supervisors: The Importance of Peer Recovery Support Specialists Supervising Peer Recovery Support Specialists

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The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence in its current form will be ending at the close of our grant year, August 30, 2024. This includes the work we do through our main grant and all supplements, including providing technical assistance.

We are working with SAMHSA on how and where our resources might continue to be available after the current iteration of the PR CoE ends and will share that information as soon as we have it. Please know that all of our resources are in the public domain and can be used, reused, modified, and shared without permission, as long as you do not charge for their use. We ask that you always cite the PR CoE source and author(s). You are welcome to access our Product Library and our Resource Library to download materials that may be of interest to you.

We will continue to provide training and technical assistance through the end of our grant, although more involved TA may be transferred to another TA center (such as the Opioid Response Network or the SAMHSA Program to Advance Recovery Knowledge [SPARK]) on a case-by-case basis if we anticipate that the work will continue beyond this month.

SAMHSA supports many training and technical assistance centers. Please visit the Practitioner Training portion of SAMHSA’s website to identify the best center to assist you after August 30^th. SAMHSA does intend to fund the new Center for Addiction Recovery Support (CARS), which will build on and continue the work of the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence. CARS is set to begin around October 1, 2024.

We are extremely grateful for your support and involvement over the last four years. Because of you, we have been able to enhance the field of peer recovery support services and serve you, the peer workforce, as you help people with substance use challenges achieve and maintain long-term recovery.

If you have specific questions about this change, please contact our informational email (although please be advised that we will no longer be able to respond to emails sent to this address after August 30^th), or you may contact David Awadalla, MSW, BSHP, Public Health Analyst & Project Officer, Office of Recovery, SAMHSA.

Products & Resources

Looking for tools that can support peers and organizations that offer peer recovery support services? We have published several products and house a robust library of resources available to you.

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Events & Training

Looking for high-quality, engaging, and relevant trainings to grow yourself, your team, or organization in peer recovery support services? Check out our events page for upcoming opportunities!

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Peer Service Integration

We are focused on supporting the integration of peer recovery support services (PRSS) into new and expanding settings.

RCO Capacity Building

We are focused on building the capacity of Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs).

Peer Workforce Development

We are focused on developing the peer and peer supervision fields.

Evidence Based Practices

We are focused on bridging the gap between evidence-based practices and practice-based evidence.

Health Equity

We are focused on incorporating a lens of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging in the work of peers, organizations, communities, and of the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence.

Funding for this initiative was made possible by grant no. 1H79TI083022 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.