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 ...
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) ...
The Carroll County Board of Commissioners proclaimed September to be Recovery Month, and one of those in the Health Department helping people try to escape substance abuse is certified peer recovery ...
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University has been awarded a $132,500 grant from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau of Behavioral Health to develop a Peer Workforce Training Hub, ...
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 ...
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, ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — As part of the 2024 National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) Annual Conference in Oklahoma City, Securus Technologies, a leading provider of technology ...
Nine inmates at Buckingham Correctional Center recently became the first individuals incarcerated in a Virginia Department of Corrections facility to receive certification as Peer Recovery Specialists ...
In a first, a Durango nonprofit is bringing a peer-based recovery support program to La Plata County with a focus on the unhoused and supportive housing communities. Community Compassion Outreach’s ...
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 ...
BRATTLEBORO — Turning Point of Windham County is offering a training called "Introduction to Peer-Recovery Supports" on July 24 and 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with an hour-long lunch break each day.