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.
Podcast
This month, we are bringing you an episode inspired by the Clinical Training Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health’s Clinician Café: Utilizing the Intersection of Family Planning and Harm Reduction in Communities. In this episode, I talk with Casey Johnson, a harm reduction specialist, and Russell Campillo, a peer educator. They share their personal experience engaging with clinicians, the intersection of harm reduction and sexual reproductive health, and what guidance they have for clinicians addressing harm reduction with their patients.
Podcast
This month, we are bringing you another conversation with one of our organizational stakeholders. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Mo of Straight Up Care.
Podcast
This month, we are bringing you another conversation with one of our organizational stakeholders. In this episode, we talk with Donald Gunther of Mary Hall Freedom Village.
Curriculum or Toolkit
This document was developed by our workforce development team in order to provide a brief overview of the role of a peer specialist. It is intended to serve as an introduction and summary to the role of a peer specialist for those who may be new and/or unfamiliar with the role.
Podcast
In this first episode of the year for us, we’ve brought Tim Saubers back to host a conversation around the intersection of harm reduction and peer support: moving beyond abstinence-based models. In December of last year, Tim hosted a similar conversation for his communities of practice series. In this episode, Tim talks with Jose Martinez of the National Harm Reduction Coalition, and Arc Telos Saint Amour and Shayn McDonald both of Youth MOVE National, to get their perspectives on the subject.
Podcast
This month, we are bringing you an episode hosted by my colleague, Steph Spitz. In it, she talks with Kasey Edwards Snider of Providence Project Nurture and Sarah Bovee of Legacy Midwifery Project Nurture about perinatal harm reduction and the vital role a doula with lived experience plays in the lives of pregnant people with substance use challenges.
You can reach our guests at their work numbers: Sarah at 503-347-3168 and Kasey at 971-808-6217.
Curriculum or Toolkit
Recovery from addiction happens in the community through interactions with people with lived experience. Single state agencies are the main, and often only, source of funding for recovery support services in many states. State and county agencies distribute funds designated for recovery support services. In a time on increasing need, those resources need to be used strategically and effectively. Using funds more strategically to build communities that are saturated with recovery-centered resources can achieve better recovery outcomes. To do so, organizations that are recovery-centered—that is, that center lived experience in policy and practice—need to be prioritized for funding.
This publication offers strategies for government agencies to build recovery-rich communities, using lived experience as the frame. The brief includes solutions that can be implemented over the short and long-term to maximize existing resources. The goal is to rapidly improve access to recovery support services at a time of rising demand and promote strategies that will have long-term, enduring impact.
Download PDF here or by clicking the image to the left.
Presentation Slides
This presentation is from our newest partners, One World Recovery Network, overviewing the work they'll be doing with us and with our network of peers in the recovery field.
Podcast
This month, we are bringing you another episode filled with conversations with some of our organizational stakeholders. I had the privilege of talking with Chrystal Cantrell of Take Action Today, Dana Smith of New Life II, and Darrell Keim of Latah Recovery Community Center. Get ready to hear from some incredible people doing incredible things. And without further ado, let’s get talking!
Podcast
This month, we are bringing you an episode with one of our Organizational Stakeholders, Dolan Research International. In it, we speak with Johanna Dolan and Kris McGinnis about their work through and operations of Dolan Research International. And without further ado, let’s get talking!
Podcast
We are bringing you another episode full of conversations with some of our organizational stakeholders. This month, we get to hear from Kattie Lail of We Face It Together and Betsy Craft of Colorado Drug Policy Coalition. Stay tuned for stories from the field!
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.
Haga clic aquí para videos explicativos en español
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.
