Recovery Resources

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This monograph contains a synthesis of findings from scientific studies and recommendations from new grassroots recovery advocacy and support organizations that are collectively pushing a fundamental redesign of addiction treatment in the United States.

This document explains that, based on growing evidence of the chronicity and complexity of severe substance use disorders, we are faced with an increasing need to shift the current acute care model of treatment toward a model of assertive and sustained recovery management.

Response Approach
  • Comprehensive services
  • Educational
  • Recovery coaching
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Health Officials
  • Medical
Peer-reviewed Article

This monograph emphasizes that the addictions treatment field is reaching a tipping point that is revolutionizing the ways in which behavioral health leaders think about people with alcohol and other drug problems, and consequently how services and systems are developed.

At its core, this movement represents a shift away from a crisis-oriented, professionally directed, acute-care approach with its emphasis on isolated treatment episodes, to a recovery management approach that provides long-term supports and recognizes the many pathways to healing.

This monograph presents a systematic review of the literature to support this transition and the concrete strategies that will help make the vision of recovery-oriented service systems a reality.

Response Approach
  • Comprehensive services
  • Educational
  • Post-overdose response
  • Recovery coaching
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Health Officials
  • Medical
  • Policymakers
Peer-reviewed Article

This is a toolkit from SAMHSA that can help communities raise awareness of recovery and reduce stigma through resources like social media content and other promotional materials. 

Response Approach
  • Educational
Stakeholders
  • Advocates / Peers

toolkit from SAMHSA that guides communities in holding events for Recovery Month, which is held in September each year. Engaging stakeholders such as healthcare professionals, first responders, and youth and emerging leaders is discussed. 

Response Approach
  • Educational
Stakeholders
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions

The Recovery 101 section of the Recovery Research Institute website has data for different populations and many other recovery-related resources.

The Recovery Research Institute is a leading nonprofit research institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, dedicated to the advancement of addiction treatment and recovery through conducting and disseminating research and providing education and outreach. They feature a 'research' section that provides easy-to-read summaries of the latest research. 

Stakeholders
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Policymakers

This is an issue brief from MACPAC that describes how recovery support services (RSS), such as recovery coaching or assistance with housing and employment, are reimbursed for Medicaid beneficiaries. What types of RSS each state covers is also provided. Some states reimburse for RSS through Medicaid waivers, some use block grants, and others use state plan services. 

Response Approach
  • Housing, Education, and Employment
  • Recovery coaching
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Policymakers

This resource guide from SAMHSA explains that the central focus of a recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC) is to create an infrastructure or system of care with the resources to effectively address the full range of substance use problems within communities. Recovery-oriented activities include providing a menu of traditional treatment services and alternative therapies, including peer recovery coaching, acupuncture, meditation, and music and art therapy.

According to this document, recovery support services, including employment assistance, child care, care management, and housing support, may enhance the engagement of individuals and their families in achieving and sustaining recovery.

Response Approach
  • Comprehensive services
  • Housing, Education, and Employment
  • Recovery coaching
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials
  • Health Insurers
  • Policymakers

This is an academic paper in which the authors evaluate the new model of recovery oriented systems of care. The article offers the perspective of this concept's origins in order to predict where this model can go in the future. This recovery oriented system of care has the aim of moving behavioral health systems of care beyond an acute care model to better meet the needs of persons with prolonged mental illness or substance use disorder. 

Response Approach
  • Comprehensive services
Stakeholders
  • Addiction Treatment Providers
  • Hospitals
  • Medical
Peer-reviewed Article

A website from the U.S. Department of Labor that informs employers on policies that can be adopted to support employees in recovery or struggling with substance use problems. 

Response Approach
  • Housing, Education, and Employment
Stakeholders
  • Employers

This is a toolkit from the federal government that helps employers address substance use in the workforce and successfully hire, onboard, and retain people who are in or seeking recovery from substance use disorder. 

Response Approach
  • Educational
  • Housing, Education, and Employment
Stakeholders
  • Advocates / Peers
  • Employers

This brief summarizes Second Chance Act (SCA) programs and highlights areas vital to successful reentry and offers examples of how SCA grantees have addressed these issues among the people they serve. Tailoring interventions to high-risk populations is discussed in this document. 

Response Approach
  • Comprehensive services
  • Family Support
  • Housing, Education, and Employment
Stakeholders
  • Community Coalitions
  • Community Health Officials
  • Criminal Justice
  • Law Enforcement
  • Policymakers