eNewsletter
March 8 , 2010
Recovery advocacy around the globe; Obama Administration Second Chance Act; Recovery community organization news; resources and more...Learn more...
Recovery Advocacy Toolkit: Making Our Voices Count
includes media outreach templates, event organizing “how-to” materials and many other resources. Learn more…
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eNewsletter - January 29, 2010
Regulations for Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Interim final rules were announced today with a request for comments. Faces & Voices called on insurance companies to fully implement the Addiction Equity Act and hailed the release of regulations.
Recovery Community Organization News
Check out some recent publications, activities and organizing updates from recovery community organizations around the country. Friends of Recovery New York’s February 2, 2010 Legislative Day flyer; Nebraska Recovery Network’s Recovery Road; Message Carriers’ The Message; and Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery’s (CCAR) Recovery Friendly Business Coalition Learn more…
Words Matter
New research has confirmed what Faces & Voices has been working to change – the language that we use to talk about people with addiction and/or people in recovery and their family members. It makes a difference, even for health care professionals working in addiction treatment. “We found that referring to an individual with ‘abuser’ terminology evokes more punitive attitudes than does describing that person’s situation in exactly the same words except for using ‘disorder’ Learn more…
National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 advances!
The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that could result in an unprecedented overhaul of the nation’s criminal justice system. The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009, S. 714, would create a blue-ribbon commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the entire criminal justice system and offer concrete recommendations for reform within 18 months. Ask your US Senators to support the bill and work for its passage this year today!
The inaugural issue of ONDCP Update
A new publication from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), features ONDCP’s new focus on recovery, including Director Kerlikowske’s participation in Recovery Month 2009 activities and the Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP). Faces & Voices thanks ONDCP for its attention to recovery and this critical program that has helped build the capacity of recovery community organizations nationwide. We have fought hard to keep the program alive and expects hundreds of recovery community and allied organizations to apply for the six grants that will be awarded this year, only three to recovery community organizations.
Funding Opportunities
Second Chance and Reentry funding: The National Reentry Resource Center’s web site has information on a number of new funding opportunities under the second Chance Act including the Mentoring Grants to Nonprofit Organizations for projects that promote the safe and successful reintegration into the community of adults who have been incarcerated, with a March 18, 2010 deadline. There are also free webinars and other resources here.
Resources
Faces & Voices Recovery’s new Book page has information on many of the growing number of recovery-related publications. It’s a work in progress, so please let us know of other books that you think we should include. Check it out!
After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry: A Report on State Legal Barriers Facing People with Criminal Records updated in 2009 is a terrific resource for recovery community organizations and allies working to remove barriers that are keeping people from getting jobs, housing and participating in our nation’s civic life.
Exercise, fitness and long-term recovery. People in recovery and their families are walking, climbing, running and other physical activities as part of their recovery. Check out Phoenix Mulitsport’s Sober Active Community out of Denver, CO and Widoka, a leisure and recreation organization for people in recovery and their families on the West coast!
Support Faces & Voices of Recovery today!