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Behavioral Health Workforce Report

January 14, 2021

TX SUD Facts

September 2, 2020

References Below you will find the references cited in the policy brief entitled, Substance Use Disorder in Texas: Taking a Costly and Devastating Toll on our Citizens, Families and Communities…

Peer to Career Project Highlighted in Addiction Professional

August 10, 2020

RecoveryPeople is excited to announce that our Peer to Career project, which was developed in collaboration with UTHealth Houston and funded through HRSA, has been highlighted in Addiction Professional. Read…

The Voice of Texas Recovery

August 3, 2020

Recovery Peers, Affected Family Members and Stakeholders: Your voice of recovery must be heard! Despite 10% of Texans being in recovery from substance use issues and over 25% of families…

Fair Housing Legal Protections For Recovery Housing

July 20, 2020

“Nothing About Us Without Us”

July 9, 2020

During my time as the Peer Policy Fellow, I’ve had a personal interest in the cross section of substance use disorder and reentry. This has lead me to provide public…

RecoveryPeople welcomes Elizabeth Henry as 2020 Hogg Foundation Peer Policy Fellow

June 24, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: June 24, 2020 AUSTIN, TX — RecoveryPeople is excited to announce Elizabeth Henry as our 2020 Peer Policy Fellow. Elizabeth is a person in long term recovery and…

MAT in Recovery Housing Article Published

May 28, 2020

  The APA-style citation is: Miles, J., Howell, J., Sheridan, D., Braucht, G., & Mericle, A.A. (2020). Supporting individuals using medications for opioid use disorder in recovery residences: Challenges and…

Are you worried about your client who relapses when he or she has sex?

May 8, 2020

Dear Treatment and Recovery Workforce and Service Providers, In collaboration with researchers at UTHealth School of Public Health, we are asking you to take about 15-minutes to complete an anonymous…

“Recovery in the era of Social Distancing”

May 7, 2020

I hope that everyone is well and keeping safe in what I will term the “new normal”. I have found that over the last few months that my world has…