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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.

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Episode 5: Community Policing, Deflection, and Pre-Arrest Diversion as Recovery Ecosystem Strategies
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PAX Tools for New Beginnings to Inspire a Stronger Tomorrow
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Newsletter

May 2026: Handle Challenging Behavior in Your Recovery Home

Carmin Long and Alan Muia on resident behavior in rural recovery homes — taming the “lizard brain,” the distinction between the person and the behavior, and a worksheet to work it through.

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February 2026: Latest Withdrawal Management Tools and Techniques

Three non-pharmaceutical withdrawal management tools — AcuDetox acupuncture, biofeedback training and neuro-electrode treatment — and why none of them stands alone.

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December 2023: Why Confidentiality Is Essential and How to Protect It

Why confidentiality is a sacred duty in recovery, the legal and ethical obligations it carries, and the particular difficulty of privacy in rural communities where everyone knows everyone.

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September 2023: What Can Recovery Allies Do?

Recovery Allies author Alison Webb on recovery capital in its personal, social and community forms, and the actions allies can take — marking Recovery Month and the 60 million Americans in recovery.

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November 2025: Understand the Financial Challenges Facing Recovery Homes and Where to Look for Help

Funding is the number one challenge recovery homes can face. Read about the blended-funding model behind Recovery Kentucky, the Economic Calculator, and additional funding sources.

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October 2025: Everything You Need to Know about Deflection, Including Challenges Unique to Rural Areas

Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities (TASC)’s Jac Charlier, Guy Farina, and Sydney Goggins on deflection — the six pathways that route people to treatment instead of arrest, the rural obstacles, and how to start a program.

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September 2025: How to De-Escalate and Resolve Any Kind of Conflict

Conflict resolution expert Sal Corbin on why avoiding conflict carries its own cost, the skillset for handling it, and what to actually do in the moment.

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August 2026: The Science of Recovery: How the Brain Heals

Explore the science of recovery and how substance use affects the brain’s reward, stress, decision-making, learning, and memory systems. This newsletter examines the brain’s healing process through different stages of recovery and offers practical strategies recovery housing providers can use to create safe, supportive environments that promote healing, regulation, and long-term recovery.

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June 2026: A New Financial Model for Non-Profits

Seed Sower CEO Jay Phillips on braided funding — why grants alone leave a non-profit precarious, how a revenue-positive transport service pays for recovery housing, and data-driven storytelling.

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July 2026: Understand How Co-Occurring Disorders May Be Affecting Your Residents and Clients

Co-occurring disorder expert Geoff Wilson on dual diagnosis — how common it is, the barriers that keep it untreated, and what works best in rural communities.

Success Story

SMART in Ohio

The faith-based, privately funded Beneath The Shade women's recovery center just outside Dover, Ohio isn't the most likely setting for secular, science-driven recovery. "In the beginning we were just a bunch of church ladies praying together, with no idea how to get started," says Board Member Traci Hooper.

Success Story

Employment is Key

"Having a job helps you build a foundation," says Craig Dean, Case Manager at the Recovery Trail halfway house in the rural town of Sevierville, Tennessee. "It not only helps people pay the bills, put food on the table, and take care of child support. It also builds self-worth and a sense of accomplishment.”

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