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Your one-stop, no-cost library for building stronger recovery housing and support programs — courses, guides, webinars, podcasts, NAADAC CE opportunities, research, and more.
Whether you’re opening your first recovery home, leading an established program, working as a peer or recovery support provider, or a community partner, there’s something here for you.




How to Practice Self Care
An interactive course on what self care is, why it matters, and practical ways to support yourself.

Recovery Capital: Overview and Implications for Recovery Services
William Cloud and Robert Granfield coined the term Recovery Capital over 20 years ago. They defined it as “the breadth and depth of internal and external resources that can be drawn upon to initiate and sustain recovery” from substance use disorder. In this course, we will address the following aspects of Recovery Capital: What is recovery capital, and how can it be measured Research studies that developed the framework for recovery capital and the social model of recovery support Why these concepts are important in planning recovery services and programs ASAM Criteria 4th Edition guidance for providers on incorporating recovery capital into treatment planning

An Introduction to the 12-Steps as a Recovery Pathway
This course provides a brief overview of the history of the 12-steps, and how it is used as a recovery pathway. The course is not intended to promote any particular fellowship or recovery pathway, nor is it intended as a substitute for individual participation.
NAADAC CEManaging Staff
This series covers 3 major pieces of effective staff management: Communication, Listening, and Delegation. Explore ways to improve your management skills and create successful teams.

5 Day Challenge to Improve Your Mental Health
The importance of mental health can’t be overstated, given that it impacts every part of our lives. Even so, we often let caring for our mental health take a back seat to other priorities. We ignore our needs until we’re burned out, isolated, or struggling with illness. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a perfect time to prioritize your mental health by committing to a 5-day challenge. Each day explores a different facet of mental health and contains a simple exercise for putting it into practice. You can improve your emotional well-being in less than 15 minutes a day. Missing a day or doing them out of order is no problem–these lessons will always be here for your reference. Come back to them when you’re ready. Also, check out the resources at the end of the course to continue your mental health journey. Note: This course is for educational purposes only and should not be substituted for professional medical advice. Users should consult a medical professional seeking medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

CPR: Hands Only
This is a high level course designed to support recovery house operators, staff, and clients to understand how to respond to minor injuries that may occur in the home.
NAADAC CEPreparing for Your Job Search
The more you know about your personality, unique qualities, abilities, and values, the better you will be able to identify the right career path. Get to Know You outlines how you can take a deeper dive into learning what makes you uniquely you. Exploring Career Goals is all about discovering educational, training, and professional opportunities that complement your interests, passion, and goals. Defining your interests and skills helps you to determine career interests, which in turn can put you on the right path to bring your career aspirations to reality.

Project Management: Project Closing
This course focuses on closing out your project. We will review documenting and handling the last steps before you have completed the implementation of a Rural Recovery Housing Project. This includes the basic elements critical but often forgotten when implementing a Rural Recovery Housing Project. We also cover how to gain acceptance to support the transition, the completion of reporting, and final budgetary information requirements, any storage or final documentation, as well as giving appreciation to the team at the time of release.

Blueprint for Nailing Your Interview
Blueprint for Nailing Your Interview outlines the five steps you can take to build your own Blueprint for Nailing Your Interview.

Be Here Now
Be Here Now - Yoga/Meditation for Self Care - Yoga is a great wellness tool for self-care and can help those in recovery develop breathing skills to refocus and calm.
NAADAC CEPeer Leadership Best Practices
So You Want to Become a Peer Leader in a Recovery Residence? Recovery residence house managers and others wishing to become “peer leaders” (PL) will be able to listen to interviews of six successful PLs and hear how they approached the role, the challenges they faced, and what their experiences have taught them. Anyone interested in learning more about this process of becoming a PL and their vital role in recovery residence operations will enjoy this program. At the conclusion of this program, participants will understand the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to function in the role, as well as the challenges and opportunities involved. Recovery Residences - How We Know They Work Many in the recovery field feel intuitively that recovery residences, structured sober living, and similar programs aid a person’s recovery from Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Unfortunately, there has been scant research to measure outcomes and explore the questions around recovery residences: What evidence do we have that supports our ideas that recovery housing helps recovery? What types of programs have the most success? The least? What does the data tell us that may help develop evidence-based programs? Dr. Corey Vilsaint, a community research psychologist fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and a principal investigator at the Recovery Research Institute and Center for Addiction Medicine, answers these questions and more in this course.










