The state introduced a new curriculum earlier this year that is aligned with national standards. Indiana also started to allow family members of people with substance use disorders to become certified ...

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Associate Facilitator Jode Freyholtz-London, second from right, conducts trainings for certified peer-support specialists at Wellstone Center in St. Paul. Recent program grads include, left to right, ...

This interview accompanies the third podcast in our National Recovery Month series with Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP, senior program director, Recovery and Wellness Transformation, and Tracy Carney ...

This week Mad in America examines three studies related to peer support work in mental healthcare. The first finds positive ...

Peer Recovery Support Specialists offer mentoring, education and support in group settings as well as individualized one-on-one coaching sessions. Peer-to-peer services offer participants the support, ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The City of Saratoga Springs will be collaborating with RISE Housing and Support Services to launch a city outreach pilot program between the Saratoga Police Department (SSPD) ...

When Alicia Doty was in a Shakopee prison for drug-related charges stemming from her methamphetamine addiction, volunteers who had once shared her experience visited during her 1 1/2-year sentence.

Minda Brown is one of Olmsted County's 62 certified peer recovery specialists who help people navigate recovery from addiction. Kyros Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Minda Brown pours a glass of ...

In her 2021 book Recovery Allies, author Alison Jones Webb describes the crucial role recovery allies play in addressing addiction in our communities. Jones Webb states that a “recovery ally is a ...