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Success Story

SMART in Virginia

People the world over feel compelled to help others overcome the same challenges they’ve overcome. That impulse seems especially powerful in the recovery community. One good example is Leon Richardson who rehabbed the first time at 17 and nearly three decades later became a resident at a Piedmont Recovery Residence in Martinsville, Virginia that he now oversees as Program Manager.

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Bridging the Gap

Substance use early in life can have enormous consequences, impairing healthy development and contributing to risky behavior. But how do you know if your child is using? Pediatrician Margaret Ng may have cracked the code by applying a new evidence-based screening and intervention process developed in partnership at Coal Grove Pediatrics in Ironton, Ohio.

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Restoring Roots

Founded in Wisconsin by families who have a loved one with an addiction, Restoring Roots knew what it wanted: Long-term treatment in a self-sustaining environment where those in recovery could nurture the skills needed for lasting abstinence and meaningful employment. The problem: Plenty of naysayers, but no model to follow.

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WICAP in Idaho

Led by the Western Idaho Community Action Partnership, a task force of rural healthcare providers and non-profits in Payette, Idaho is taking the first steps toward developing recovery housing for the homeless and addicted in southwest Idaho. “The Fletcher group has been extremely helpful,” says WICAP Executive Director Heidi Caldwell.

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NARSS in Montana

“Isolation is the enemy, community is the answer,” says Don Roberts. “That’s why I’m so emotional about the way our community has come together. Six years ago we had nothing here but AA. Now, in addition to lots of great programs, we have the most crucial piece: a safe, sober living space where people can develop the skills to meet life on its own terms.”

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Seed Sower

Under the leadership of Executive Director Jay Phillips, Seed Sower, Inc. provides safe and supervised housing, transportation, and recovery support services to adult women in southern West Virginia who are in active recovery from a Substance Use Disorder.

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An Act of Faith

“We were overwhelmed,” says Fay Russom, Executive Director of Hardin County Jesus Cares, a Savannah, Tennessee nonprofit dedicated to helping rural families in crisis. “We’ve always had a heart for people who are homeless and had been wanting to provide recovery housing for years, but none of us had any experience.

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New Beginning

Entrepreneurial training sponsored in part by the Fletcher Group has helped residents of five Eastern Kentucky recovery centers find a new sense of self-worth and purpose by providing them with the skills and resources to start their own businesses.

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Lived Experience Pays

Discover how West Virginia Community Outreach & Residential Recovery (WVCORR) has grown from a small recovery center into a multi-program organization built around lived experience, peer support, employment, and recovery housing. This success story highlights how partnership with Fletcher Group helped WVCORR expand its social model approach, strengthen staff training, develop employment initiatives, and plan for a broader continuum of recovery support.

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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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SMART in New York

Once a booming industrial center with more millionaires per capita than any other American city, Watertown, New York began losing residents and businesses in the mid-60s. Like other ‘left behind’ communities in rural America, ensuing workforce and infrastructure challenges have been exacerbated by high rates of substance use.

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Better Foundation

New Foundations, a nonprofit transitional housing provider with 11 facilities serving rural communities in Ohio and Kentucky, provides fully furnished move-in-ready sober living options for those in recovery. Known for its size, level of support, and emphasis on accountability, New Foundations nevertheless needed help.

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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.