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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.

Recovery Housing & SUD Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women

In this monthly Fletcher Group webinar from December 4 of 2025, Kat Heredia, the Community Recovery Coordinator at Piedmont Community Services in Martinsville, Virginia and Kirsty David, the Recovery Residence Manager of Piedmont's Grace House in Franklin County describe how they provide not only housing but a wide range of essential wrap-around services including pregnant and postpartum care, case management, employment training, and quality child care all while mothers stay with their children and avoid foster care.

SMART Recovery - An Overview

SMART was created for people seeking a self-empowering way to overcome addictive problems. What has emerged is an accessible method of recovery, one grounded in science and proven by more than a quarter-century of experience teaching practical tools that encourage lasting change. SMART is a powerful recovery community that includes passionate volunteers who recovered with SMART who are driven to help others. Peers and professionals working together fuse science and experience to help people build healthy and balanced lives.

Managing Food Costs

Practical strategies for controlling food costs, which after personnel and utilities can be a recovery home's largest operating expense. Addresses rising grocery prices and vendor delivery fees, the staffing constraints that make cost control difficult, and why good nutrition directly supports residents' physical recovery.

Value of Recovery Through Community Based Recovery Supports

Recovery advocate Tara Hyde explains how Community-Based Recovery Support Services—recovery community centers, recovery housing, and peer support—can increase one-year sustained remissions rates by as much as 60 percent while reducing total cost per successful outcome by as much as 55 percent.

Set Goals & Manage Your Time

Two shorter courses make up this course on personal effectiveness: setting goals that hold up over time, and making the most of the hours you have to reach them. Setting Goals that Actually Work — In this course, you’ll learn why the process of setting your goals is just as important as choosing targets that truly matter. You’ll also learn how to set goals that accurately reflect your purpose and find tools you can use to track your progress. In the end, you’ll walk away with a stronger sense of alignment between your vision and the daily habits that will help you conquer your goals in the long run. Time Management Essentials — How do we make the most of the time we have? Time is both precious and fleeting, and many of us feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. This course will give you core strategies to tackle that problem. First, you’ll learn the basic principles of time management, along with some symptoms that could uncover poor uses of time. Then, you’ll discover how to track and analyze your time to boost productivity. Finally, you’ll get seven tips to start managing your time more effectively.

Communication in a Crisis

Practical guidance on building a crisis communication plan before you need one. Walks through the questions your plan must answer — who speaks for the organization, who issues the official statement, who directs staff and residents — using situations recovery houses actually face, from NIMBY flare-ups and fires to misinformation in the local press.

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.

Common Workplace Challenges

Even the best workplaces face challenges. In this course, you'll learn how to navigate some of the most common—from dealing with difficult people to overcoming your own mistakes.

How to Create a Strategic Plan

A methodology and resource list for building a strategic plan for your recovery home, whether the goal is serving more residents or diversifying your funding. Explains how a plan aligns goals with mission, keeps everyone working toward the same end, and creates a lasting framework for decision-making — including how to do it where rural resources are thin.

Enhancing Recovery Housing Financial Stability & Resiliency

All recovery residences face significant funding challenges, particularly those in rural areas. Fortunately, new tools and strategies are now available to assist you, several of which are discussed in this video of the Fletcher Group’s November 6, 2025 webinar presented by Fletcher Group CEO Dave Johnson and Fletcher Group Health Economist Madison Ashworth.