The Anchor Recovery Community Center is an organization run by people with lived experience of addiction and recovery and their allies that provides a number of services in the City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Peer Support
Peer Support Services for Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorder
Substance use disorder in families often leads to involvement in child welfare systems. Research shows that removal of a child from a family is traumatic for both the child and parents and can impede the parent’s journey to recovery. Many programs now employ family peer mentors or recovery specialists to work with the families on their treatment plan, connect parents and children to services and resources, and provide support as they go through a difficult process. Continue reading
Peer Support for Youth
Addressing substance use disorder (SUD) and the trauma that often precedes it in youth is a priority for treatment providers, parents, caregivers, and community leaders. Many leaders have found that youth have a special ability and role to play in helping their peers. In this collection, CLOUD provides resources that focus on youth providing peer support to other youth and young adults. Continue reading
Sobriety Treatment Evaluation and Recovery Teams Evaluation and Publication List
This one pager provides a list of peer-reviewed journal articles written about the Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START) model for serving families affected by addiction and child welfare system involvement. Continue reading
Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START): Implementation Manual
This program manual explains the basic tenets and essential elements of the Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START) model for working with families affected by substance use disorder and child welfare involvement. Continue reading
Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START)
Children and Family Futures provides technical assistance to local communities implementing the Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START) model of working with families with substance use disorder and child welfare involvement. The website includes information about the model, resources, and an opportunity to request technical assistance. Continue reading
START Safe and Sound
This 9-minute video explains the role family mentors play in Kentucky’s Sobriety, Treatment and Recovery Team (START) program. The video features family mentors talking about their stories, their role in helping other parents with substance use disorder and child welfare involvement, and the story of a family helped by the program. Continue reading
Substance Use Disorder Peer Delivered Services Child Welfare Best Practices Curriculum
This training guide for peer recovery mentors working the child welfare system is notable for its description of 10 best practices for family peer support mentors. Continue reading
The Use of Peers and Recovery Specialists in Child Welfare Settings
This guide provides information on service models that use family peer mentors or recovery specialists to serve families affected by substance use disorder (SUD) who are involved with the child welfare system. The guide describes 2 models: Continue reading
Ohio START 2019 Impact Report
This 2-page document describes the impact of the Ohio Sobriety, Treatment, and Reducing Trauma (START) program, which provides wrap-around services to children and families impacted by opiates and other addictive substances. Also included in this resource is information on services provided by the START teams in Ohio in 2019. Continue reading