Annual Award Nomination Form

Peer of the Year is awarded to an individual or affected family member that has promoted or directly supported others in recovery from substance use and related mental health challenges using their lived experience and/or recovery support training. The award recipient must: 1) publicly self identify as a person in recovery from substance use or co-occurring issues and/or an affected family member in recovery; 2) be, at the time of the nomination, a recovery advocate, a direct recovery service provider (e.g. Peer Specialist or Recovery House Manager), and/or a recovery workforce instructor or supervisor; AND 3) demonstrate accomplishments that reflect RecoveryPeople's mission, vision, and values.

Media Award of the Year honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions in print, radio, podcasts, video, television, social media and/or online publications that provided information to the general public about substance use and related mental health challenges. The award recipient must: 1) demonstrate leadership in their respective media area by accurately portraying individuals and/or affected family members in recovery from substance use and/or co occurring mental health challenges; 2) responsibly use persons and/or affected family members as resources; 3) decreased stigma, increased understanding or awareness, spread hope of recovery and/or effectively communicate the impact of policy decisions; AND 4) demonstrate accomplishments that reflect RecoveryPeople's mission, vision and values.