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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.

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Podcast
Episode 5: Community Policing, Deflection, and Pre-Arrest Diversion as Recovery Ecosystem Strategies
WebinarNAADAC CE
Suicide Prevention, Intervention & Postvention in Substance Use Recovery Housing
R.H. Guide/Handbook & Templates
How to Raise Funds
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Low Income Housing Tax Credits

How to use Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to fund construction or renovation of larger residential recovery facilities. Explains how the IRS allocates credits to state housing finance agencies, how developers compete for them through each state's Qualified Allocation Plan, and what kind of organization is positioned to use them.

NAADAC CE
Course/Training

Trauma Informed Care in Rural Recovery Housing

This course provides an overview of trauma-informed care is and how trauma can impact a person. By implementing trauma-informed care in your rural recovery house setting you can help residents better manage their outcomes and build recovery capital.

NAADAC CE
Webinar

Working with Challenging Behaviors: Turning Behavioral Incidents into Transformational Experiences

We shouldn't be surprised when people recovering from substance use and/or mental health challenges struggle to function well in community living. Their past traumatic experiences and broken trust have resulted in them adopting destructive coping strategies. Residence operators should not only expect challenging behavior, but should develop a wide repertoire of trauma-informed responses that help residents develop essential life skills. We must move beyond removing residents for "bad behavior".

R.H. Guide/Handbook & Templates

Recovery House Checklists

Prepare a recovery residence for opening with practical checklists covering the essential elements of a safe, functional, and welcoming home. This guide addresses recovery house structure and operations, furnishings, emergency equipment, technology, and consumable supplies to help operators assess needs, plan purchases, develop budgets, and create a recovery-oriented living environment.

NAADAC CE
Course/Training

Tackle Your Stress & Manage Your Mental Health

This series of microlearning courses provides you with ways to manage your stress, address your mental health and wellbeing through exercise and practice. 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.

Learning Brief

Selecting a Recovery Management System

Learn what to consider when selecting a Recovery Management System (RMS) for a recovery residence. This guide explores key factors, including program needs, system functionality and integration, reporting, data security, training and support, costs, and data ownership, to help recovery housing providers choose a system that supports efficient operations, accountability, and data-informed decision-making.

NAADAC CE
Webinar

Beyond the Grant: Braided Funding for Nonprofit Sustainability

James “Jay” Phillips, CEO of Seed Sower, Inc., explores practical approaches for moving nonprofits beyond grant dependency toward long-term financial sustainability. Using Seed Sower’s recovery ecosystem as a case study, Phillips demonstrates how organizations can combine grants, public reimbursements, billable services, partnerships, and program-generated revenue into a braided funding model that supports mission-critical services. Attendees learn strategies for identifying revenue opportunities, leveraging grants as startup capital rather than operating support, collecting meaningful outcome data, and building resilient, community-focused organizations that can sustain recovery housing, workforce development, transportation, and behavioral health services over time.

R.H. Guide/Handbook & Templates

Build Recovery Housing

A guide to establishing a local working group that can initiate and oversee the development of recovery housing and services for your rural community. Explains the National Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR) and its four levels of housing, and lays out the path from first meeting to operating residence.

Course/Training

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.

Learning Brief

Medication Assisted Recovery

Guidance on implementing medication-assisted recovery in residential settings. Sets out why it matters — fentanyl's role in driving overdose deaths, and the continuing burden on rural communities where rates can match or exceed urban areas — and how recovery residences can support residents using medication.

R.H. Guide/Handbook & Templates

Board of Directors Handbook for Rural Recovery Houses

Complete with templates, this customizable Board of Directors handbook for rural recovery houses — board authority and legal duties, officer roles and terms, governance policies, the Executive Director's role, and ready-to-adapt conflict of interest and confidentiality policies.

NAADAC CE
Webinar

Telling Your Story: Communicating for Impact - How to Become a Better Public Speaker

Matt Johnson, founder of the Abundant Life Recovery Housing Network, equips recovery professionals and community leaders with the communication skills to tell compelling stories about their work - speaking for transformation rather than information, knowing your audience, telling authentic stories while protecting confidentiality, and delivery techniques that keep an audience engaged.

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The Learning Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $3.3 million, with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.