Tipping the Pain Scale

Huston TIllotson University, Agard Lovinggood Auditorium 900 Chicon St, Austin, TX, United States

The addiction crisis in America has reached a new boiling point, and courageous people – at all levels, from all walks of life – are rising to answer the call. Tipping the Pain Scale is a feature documentary film investigating the current systemic failures of how we have dealt with addiction to date, and follows…

October Brown Bag Advocacy Session

October Brown Bag Advocacy Session : Peer workforce Q&A with Texas HHSC's Peer Support and Recovery Have questions about substance use and mental health peer certification and supervision? Want to know more about working as a independent peer specialist? We do too! We are bringing in experts from HHSC's Peer Support and Recovery to answer…

PROSPER Project Launch Meeting

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RecoveryPeople won one of three Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Statewide Network grants awarded in the entire nation. The funding will be used to support the Peer and Recovery Organization Sustainability, Planning, Equity and Research (PROSPER) project for three years starting on September 29, 2023. Through this project, RecoveryPeople will expand its…

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Storytelling Together for Social Change

Dell Medical’s Health Learning Building 1501 Red River Street, Austin, TX, United States

Join the Addiction Research Institute in hosting a group of pioneers who have made waves creating social change at their first “Storytelling Together for Social Change” on February 1st, 2024. RecoveryPeople's own Director of Policy, Elizabeth Henry, will be one of the panelist! You may view the full flyer on our blog post here, https://recoverypeople.org/storytelling-together-for-social-change/…

Show Me the Money: An Introduction to Funding and Financing Peer and Recovery Organizations

Zoom

Title: Show Me the Money: An Introduction to Funding and Financing Peer and Recovery Organizations Type: Webinar continuing education units (CEUs) Description: Recovery community organizations, recovery housing, and other types of peer and recovery organizations are often started and operated without fully understanding the funding and financing required to sustain them. As the first webinar…

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Recovery Residences Added to the 4th Edition of The ASAM Criteria

Zoom

Register here. https://youtu.be/55_c5H5Nq_U Have you ever asked, When is insurance going to start paying for recovery services to 1) improve outcomes and 2) lower costs?  The answer is sooner than later, given that the American Society of Addiction Medicine has added Recovery Residences to their recently published 4th edition of the ASAM Criteria. The Criteria is…

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Cost-Effectiveness Calculators for SUD

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Register here for the next PROSPER Learning Series session. Join us on April 11, 2024, at 12:00 PM CT More than saving lives, recovery services save money. But how much money?! Researched-backed economic calculators help put a dollar amount to the cost savings or cost-effectiveness of recovery service, which is powerful information when negotiating contracts,…

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April 2024- Policy Issue Areas for the 89th Legislative Session

Advocacy never takes a break. We are less than nine months away from the next legislative session. At RecoveryPeople, we believe it's crucial to inform and educate policymakers, stakeholders, and the community about issues affecting individuals with substance use and mental health, as well as their families. Now is the time to develop advocacy priorities…