Peer recovery

    COAP Webinar: Behind and Beyond the Walls: Peer Supports in Jail Settings

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    Peer recovery support services (PRSS) are increasingly being offered across diverse criminal justice settings to address opioid abuse and achieve positive outcomes. Peer specialists use their lived experience of addiction, criminal justice involvement, and recovery to assist others on their path to recovery. PRSS in jail settings offers a unique opportunity to address the needs of individuals with opioid use disorder while they are incarcerated and upon reentry.

    Webinar - Peer Supports in Small Towns and Rural Communities

    Peer recovery support services (PRSS) are increasingly being offered across diverse criminal justice settings to address opioid abuse and achieve positive outcomes. The power and potential of PRSS come from the unique roles that peers play, promoting both hope and pragmatic steps for change. Emerging models for comprehensive programs integrate peer supports with other services, including case management and other recovery supports, for individuals with behavioral health and substance use disorders at all intercepts of the justice system continuum.

    COAP Webinar Series: Peer Support Services at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Peer recovery support services (PRSS) are increasingly being offered across diverse criminal justice settings to address opioid abuse and achieve positive outcomes. The power and potential of PRSS come from the unique roles that peers play, promoting both hope and pragmatic steps for change. Community Justice Programs (CJP) offer comprehensive case management, support, and advocacy to individuals with behavioral health and substance use disorders at all points of the justice system continuum.

    Attend a Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program Webinar About the Positive Impacts of Peer Specialists Participating in Peer Recovery Support Services

    April 04, 2019

    Join the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program team to learn about the use of peer specialists in peer recovery support services (PRSS) during the webinar “What’s in a Name: The Role of Peer Specialists” on Wednesday, April 10 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.

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