The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence exists to enhance the field of peer recovery support services. Led by those with lived experience, peer voice is at the core of our work and guides our mission. Peers—people in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) or substance use challenges—serve a valuable role in helping persons with substance use challenges in achieving and maintaining long-term recovery. We are here to offer help from those who have done this work to those wanting to enhance or begin peer support services in their communities! Below is a library of reports, toolkits, previous trainings, and other products we have created for the field.
We are still in the midst of uploading the recordings of our previous trainings onto this page. If you're not finding what you are looking for here, check out our Vimeo page.
If you would like to check out other resources from the field, please see our Resource Library.
Podcast
This month, we are bringing you another conversation with a few of our organizational stakeholders.
In this 13th episode of the series, we talk with Stefanie Robinson of Hope Recovery Community, and Patty McCarthy of Faces and Voices of Recovery. Find out more about Recovery Month.
Other
This poster was developed in collaboration with SAMHSA's Technology Transfer Centers and the Opioid Response Network to help reduce stigma around pregnant and postpartum people with substance use challenges by promoting the use of destigmatizing, person-first language. Person-first language maintains the integrity of individuals as whole human beings by removing language that has negative connotations or equates a person to their condition. This type of language can shift the way people who use substances or with substance use challenges are viewed.
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Curriculum or Toolkit
Well-crafted job descriptions are an essential part of the recruiting, hiring, and onboarding process. Developing the job description helps a team to clarify the specific needs of your program, ensuring that the position you are hiring fits the program design. Pre-hire, an effective job description lets candidates know exactly what the position they are applying for will entail. It also helps the hiring committee to create an effective interview process. Post-hire, the job description helps new hires to be clear on their roles and tasks, guides the delivery of services, and
promotes best practices in peer support work.
This tool will help you to:
Podcast
This month, we are throwing it back to an episode we published last fall. Our host talked with Kris Kelly, Nell Hurley, and Marin Nelson about their experiences creating and supporting recovery friendly workplaces. We'll be back at the top of the new year with a brand new episode.
Podcast
In this episode, our host spoke with Brandy Anderson-Willis of Indiana Association of Peer Recovery Support Services, Bailey Helgeson of the Roanoke Valley Collective Response, and Mike Durschlag of the Association of Recovery Schools. Tune in now to hear stories and anecdotes from the field!
Podcast
In this episode, our host spoke with some of our previously featured organizational stakeholders of the month about the work they are doing through their respective organizations. Tune in now to hear stories and anecdotes from the field with Bobbi-Jo Reed of Healing House and Norma Jaeger of Recovery Idaho!
Links mentioned in the episode:
Podcast
This month, our host spoke with Theresa M. Knorr of Friends of Recovery-New York about their upcoming 7th annual recovery conference. This year's theme is 'When We All Recovery: Holistic Recovery For Individuals, Families and Communities' and will feature a wide variety of workshops and keynote speeches designed to provide a holistic view of recovery. Find out more, including registration information, online at: https://for-ny.org/2022-nys-recovery-conference/.
Report
In 2021, The National Council for Mental Wellbeing conducted a literature review (Peer Recovery Support: Evolving Roles and Settings, a Literature Review) to synthesize the current evidence related to the continued evolution of PRSS and the broader integration of peers into increasingly diversified community settings as well as to identify persisting gaps in the research. Since 2021, further research has been conducted on these topics with new and highly relevant themes, directions, and outcomes. In an effort to continue to highlight emerging literature and best practices in the field, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing has developed this document as an update to the previous Literature Review.
Report
The Peer Recovery CoE is pleased to share an updated version of our Comparative Analysis of State Requirements for Peer Support Specialist Training and Certification in the United States. In recent decades, there has been increased recognition of the value of peer recovery support services in the behavioral health field. As recognition and evidence for best practices continue to emerge, each state is continually updating its training and certification requirements to improve the quality and practices of peer support in their communities. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of state peer recovery trainings and certifications as well as provide recommendations to better support those individuals seeking information about the peer support specialist certification application process. The information in this report reflects the current status of state approved training and certification for behavioral health peer support specialists in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories including American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas and Puerto Rico, as of January 2, 2023.
Multimedia
In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:
Session 1 focused on building a work plan. Learning objectives were:
You will find the recordings of the 2-part session below. You can download the slides and handouts by clicking the image to the left.
Multimedia
In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:
Session 2 focused on strategic planning using an appreciative inquiry approach. Learning objectives were:
You will find the recordings of the 2-part session below. You can download the slides and handouts by clicking the image to the left.
Multimedia
In 2023, our RCO capacity building team hosted a learning series on nonprofit basics. The series aimed to:
Session 3 focused on how to utilize the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Inventory. Learning objectives were:
You will find the recordings of the 2-part session below. You can download the slides and handouts by clicking the image to the left.
Series
The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence is excited to share this series of explainer videos on topics that are foundational to the recovery community; Recovery Community Organizations, Peer Support, Recovery Capital, and Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care. These concepts are familiar to the recovery community, but difficult to convey to the general, broader population in a succinct way. We are grateful to the PR CoE steering committee and peers partners for their input and support in the development of this series.
We hope that you use these videos to communicate core elements of your services, messaging, and marketing. They are a free resource, and do not require permission to use them; embed them in a presentation, in your newsletter, on your website, on your social media or email them directly to your audience. Our hope is to create dialogue on all these very important elements of the recovery community.
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Report
The Peer Recovery CoE is pleased to share Comparative Analysis of State Requirements for Peer Support Specialist Training and Certification in the United States. In recent decades, there has been increased recognition of the value of peer recovery support services in the behavioral health field. As recognition and evidence for best practices continue to emerge, each state is continually updating its training and certification requirements to improve the quality and practices of peer support in their communities. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of state peer recovery trainings and certifications as well as provide recommendations to better support those individuals seeking information about the peer support specialist certification application process.
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.