SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) invites you to join national experts in a conversation about how to use available research and your own program data to communicate the effectiveness of recovery supports.

Presenters will discuss real-life examples and strategies for measuring and using program data to communicate the effectiveness and reinforce the value of recovery supports in various treatment and healthcare settings. In addition to sharing data from several research studies on the efficacy of recovery supports, they will also share recent data from the Association of Recovery Community Organizations.

This event supports critical SAMHSA strategic priorities as described in SAMHSA’s 2019-2023 Strategic Plan, including activities related to the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC) to improve the lives of individuals living with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbances, and their families. For example, included in the 45 recommendations in the ISMICC’s seminal report, issued in December 2017, is a focus on developing standards that include a full spectrum of integrated, complementary services known to be effective and to improve outcomes. These standards include team-based models of care delivery that are interdisciplinary and incorporate peer and family support specialists as a matter of routine practice.

Join us for this free, interactive virtual event, moderated by BRSS TACS Deputy Director Steven Samra.

Presenters:

Phil Rutherford, Director of Operations, Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR)

Annette Crisanti, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of New Mexico

Jennifer Chadukiewicz, Recovery Coach Program Manager, Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)