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.
Report
This tool is a companion learning framework for the content found herein. Self-Assessment questions are provided to assess how you as a RCO might consider whether specific Medicaid frameworks are possible and feasible alternatives for your agency within your state’s Medicaid plan and culture.
Podcast
We are bringing you another episode full of conversations with some of our organizational stakeholders. This month, we get to hear from Kate Bastedenbeck of the Over the Rainbow Project and Wendy Jones of the Minnesota Alliance of Recovery Community Organizations. Stay tuned for stories from the field!
Podcast
Between now and the end of August, we are thrilled to bring you a special series called "Amplifying Diverse Voices.” In these episodes, my colleague Wardell Royal III of our Health Equity team will be hosting 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.
In this inaugural episode, we are excited to welcome two inspiring guests: Stancil Tootle and Nicole McAnnally. In it, they share their unique perspectives, experiences, and the impactful contributions they are making to support recovery.
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.
Podcast
Between now and the end of August, we are thrilled to bring you a special series called "Amplifying Diverse Voices.” In these episodes, my colleague Wardell Royal III of our Health Equity team will be hosting 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.
In this episode, we are excited to welcome three inspiring guests: Haner Hernandez, Liliana Spurgeon, and Tony Sanchez. In it, they share their unique perspectives, experiences, and the impactful contributions they are making to support recovery.
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.
Video
Between now and the end of August, we are thrilled to bring you a special series called "Amplifying Diverse Voices.” In these episodes, Wardell Royal III of our Health Equity team will be hosting 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.
In this inaugural episode, we are excited to welcome two inspiring guests: Stancil Tootle and Nicole McAnnally. In it, they share their unique perspectives, experiences, and the impactful contributions they are making to support recovery.
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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Podcast
Between now and the end of August, we are thrilled to bring you a special series called "Amplifying Diverse Voices.” In these episodes, my colleague Wardell Royal III of our Health Equity team will be hosting 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.
In this episode, we are excited to welcome two inspiring guests: Johanna Dolan and Tamika Carter-Hargrove. In it, they share their unique perspectives, experiences, and the impactful contributions they are making to support recovery.
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.
Podcast
Between now and the end of August, we are thrilled to bring you a special series called "Amplifying Diverse Voices.” In these episodes, my colleague Wardell Royal III of our Health Equity team will be hosting 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.
In this episode, Wardell has a conversation with Joe Powell about the future of recovery. In it, they share their unique perspectives, experiences, and the impactful contributions they are making to support recovery.
Multimedia
This video overviews Measuring Peer Recovery Outcomes Toolkit: Showing the Impact of Peers in Meaningful Ways.
Podcast
Between now and the end of August, we are thrilled to bring you a special series called "Amplifying Diverse Voices.” In these episodes, my colleague Wardell Royal III of our Health Equity team will be hosting 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.
In this episode, we are excited to welcome two inspiring guests: Ariel Britt and Betsy Craft. In it, they share their unique perspectives, experiences, and the impactful contributions they are making to support recovery.
Podcast
We are wrapping up our special series "Amplifying Diverse Voices.” In these episodes, my colleague 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.
In this final episode, we are excited to welcome several inspiring guests: Annie Powell, Laurie Johnson-Wade, Angelina Smith-Wilson, Tarusa Steward, and Angela Burton. In it, they share their unique perspectives, experiences, and the impactful contributions they are making to support recovery.
Podcast
In this episode, our host spoke with one of our previously featured organizational stakeholders of the month about the work they are doing through their organization. Tune in now to hear stories and anecdotes from the field with Pete Nielsen of the California Consortium of Addiction Programs & Professionals!
Curriculum or Toolkit
The Peer Recovery CoE is pleased to share Increasing Accessibility with Translation & Interpretation Services Toolkit. With the growing number of those with limited English proficiency (LEP), substance use disorder and mental health facilities would benefit from providing extensive language services. Expanding language services increases inclusivity and care volume. The relationship between a peer support worker and a peer is the foundation to effective treatment and recovery support. To provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services to people with LEP, we outlined steps you can take to plan and implement translation and interpretation services.
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.