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eNewsletter - December 13, 2011
Mark Your Calendars in 2012
June 27, 2012: America Honors Recovery. Join us in recognizing three outstanding individuals and one recovery community organization for their contributions to the recovery movement. Applications coming soon.
September 15, 2012: The Rally for Recovery! national hub event will be in Detroit, Michigan as part of National Recovery Month. Check out video from this year's Philadelphia national hub event sponsored by PRO-ACT.
Our Staff
Faces & Voices is pleased to welcome Sarah Rayer as our new Outreach Coordinator. You'll be hearing from her about upcoming trainings and other activities. And we're pleased to announce that in January, Tom Hill, who has been working part-time as Faces & Voices Director of Programs, will be coming on full-time to continue our work on health reform implementation, peer recovery support services and accreditation of recovery community organizations. For the last year, Tom's been dividing his time between Faces & Voices and the Altarum Institute's Access to Recovery and Recovery Community Services Program technical assistance projects.
Webinar: Block Grant Funding in Support of Peer-Run Organizations and Services
Mental Health America is presenting a webinar on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 from 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST on the use of Block Grant funding to support peer-run organizations and services. Find out about:
- Federal block grants, including recent changes to the program and the application process.
- State authorities that use block grant funding in support of recovery-oriented peer run services.
- State authorities that do not support these services through the use of federal block grant funding.
Register here. Email or call 703.684.7722 with questions.
Recovery Community Organization News
The National Alliance for Medication-Assisted Recovery's (NAMA-Recovery) Medication-Assisted Recovery Service (MARS) Project provides peer recovery support services to people whose recovery from opiate addiction is assisted by medication. Located at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a new collaboration will create and offer training manuals, videos and other materials to document the methodology of the MARS Project and assist eight opioid treatment programs in replicating MARS and incorporating recovery programming into their programs. Learn more...
Resources
Jennifer Cervi, Collegiate Recovery Program, University of Michigan was interviewed by Bill White.
Anita Bertrand, Executive Director, Northern Ohio Recovery Association was interviewed by Bill White.
Recovery Community Centers. There are over 24 recovery community centers in New England alone. December marked the first anniversary of the Anchor Recovery Community Center. During its first year in operation, there were close to 50,000 visits. Rhode Island's statewide recovery community organization, RICAREs, has a growing presence at Anchor, with two new recovery community centers in the planning stages.
New Guide to Mutual Aid "widget": Faces & Voices Guide to Mutual Aid Resources is a one-stop resource for people in or seeking recovery from addiction, their families and friends, as well as for addiction treatment and allied healthcare professionals. Now thanks to a new "widget," you can place a link on your website for the Guide to Mutual Aid. Just go here, and follow the directions. Thanks to Lora Passeti and our Guide Committee for their help in keeping this resource updated!
Combined Federal Campaign: Federal Employees can designate Faces & Voices of Recovery #12486 in the 2011 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Thank you.
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