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National Peer Run Training and Technical Assistance Center for Addiction Recovery Support - One World Recovery Network (OWRN), a peer-led, Black-led, woman-led recovery community organization (RCO), will coordinate a national peer-run training and technical assistance center for addiction recovery support (CARS) with efforts driven by a national steering committee composed of persons with lived experience in recovery from substance use disorders.

CARS aims to play a leading role in successfully integrating recovery support services into a myriad of traditional and non-traditional organizational and community settings and building leadership and capacity to implement recovery support services in underserved and historically excluded communities.

OWRN will collaborate with six supporting organizations from the current Peer Recovery Center of Excellence with deep expertise and experience in training and technical assistance (TTA) delivery and recovery support services to implement the project: the University of Missouri Kansas City, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Texas, the National Council for Behavioral Health, the Association for Recovery Schools, and the Association of Recovery in Higher Education.

Supporting organizations will also mentor & build the capacity of RCOs and peer-run organizations (PROs) who already provide localized, tailored TTA in their geographic areas.

OWRN will establish these RCOs/PROs as regional recovery hubs to provide culturally relevant TTA & expand the engagement of CARS at the grassroots level.

Leveraging the capacity of multiple institutions, this peer-run center will serve four major groups: A) Peer support workers and networks, B) RCOs/PROs, C) State officials, including certification boards and single state authorities, and D) Other organizations in the ecosystem of recovery.

CARS anticipates serving 6,262 individuals over 5 years (Y1-1,000; Y2-1,248; Y3-1,298; Y4-1,348; and Y5-1,368) and will collect performance measures through SAMHSA’s Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) as well as outcome and process evaluations.

Proposed activities will address three major service gaps: 1) The dearth of infrastructure and resources for robust peer workforce development; 2) The need to build recovery-rich communities across myriad service settings and purpose-focused settings; and 3) The shortage of mechanisms to disseminate existing and future recovery support evidence-based practices.

Four goals for addressing these gaps are: 1) To enhance the capacity & effectiveness of the general peer workforce by developing & providing targeted TTA in peer support certification, digital recovery, & comprehensive professional support including financing, supervision, workplace culture, & career development; 2) To promote comprehensive recovery solutions across various service settings by developing & providing specialized TTA for court, corrections, & re-entry programs, clinical treatment, recovery housing, & RCOs/PROs; 3) To foster & support recovery in purpose-focused environments by developing & providing specialized TTA for recovery-ready workplaces, recovery in higher education, & recovery in high schools; and 4) To strengthen the foundation of recovery practices by providing comprehensive TTA that supports both research-based evidence & practice-based research across the core topic area.

Key activities will include conducting capacity/needs assessments and environmental scans; developing and maintaining a web-based resource library; providing TTA to requesters; creating and disseminating toolkits, curricula, podcasts, online courses, and other resources; and hosting webinars, policy academies, and other in-person and virtual educational and leadership development events.

ONE World Recovery Network

SAMHSA WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS PRIORITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH ASSISTANCE (GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS) TO STATES, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES, INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT PRIVATE ENTITIES. UNDER THESE SECTIONS, CSAT, CMHS AND CSAP SEEK TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO AMERICANS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDITIONS, AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES AND TO ADDRESS PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSIST CHILDREN IN DEALING WITH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS THROUGH BY FUNDING GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROJECTS. GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS MAY BE FOR (1) KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION PROJECTS FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND THE CONDUCT OR SUPPORT OF EVALUATIONS OF SUCH PROJECTS, (2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, (3) TARGETED CAPACITY RESPONSE PROGRAMS (4) SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS INCLUDING STATEWIDE FAMILY NETWORK GRANTS AND CLIENT-ORIENTED AND CONSUMER RUN SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AND (5) PROGRAMS TO FOSTER HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (6) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES INTO PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Hurst, Texas 760534284 United States

Single Zip Code

National Peer-Run Training and Technical Assistance Center for Addiction Recovery Support (TI-24-014)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 100% from $1,900,000 to $3,800,000.