B8 - A New Dawn: Utilizing Participatory Process to Examine Our Investment in Recovery Support Services

Monday, May 1, 2023

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

Location: 404 AB, Level 2, LACC

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Relias, LLC and National Council for Mental Wellbeing guarantee this educational conference is free from bias.

Moderator(s)

Adam Viera, MPH

Co-Director
Peer Recovery Center of Excellence
Astoria, New York

Slides Handouts

Workshop Presenter(s)

Rebecca Boss, MA (she/her/hers)

Senior Consultant
Technical Assistance Collaborative
Harmony, Rhode Island
Tyler W. Myroniuk, PhD (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor of Public Health
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
David Awadalla, MSW, BSHP

Public Health Advisor
SAMHSA's Office of Recovery
Naperville, Illinois

Slides

Subject matter experts representing recovery support services analyze how funding for these services is allocated at the state level and how recovery community organizations and centers (RCOs/RCCs) access this funding. They will share how states fund recovery support services, focusing on innovations in funding strategies, and discuss findings around how RCOs/RCCs have secured federal and state funding for recovery support services, highlighting the facilitators and barriers and the training and technical assistance resources available to take advantage of these opportunities.

*NASBA Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Some knowledge of funding
Advanced Preparation: None

Learning Objectives:

Three main challenges faced by RCOs and other organizations in securing state and federal funding.
Two differences in how different states fund recovery support services.
One strategy for successfully pursuing and securing funding for recovery support services.