Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care

Partners for Recovery releases four White Papers addressing approaches to Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care

Fostering and developing Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care is a priority of SAMHSA/CSAT. In support of this priority, PFR held five regional meetings across the country to assist States and communities in developing, strengthening, and implementing Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care. The purpose of the regional meetings was to build on the work initiated at CSAT's National Summit on Recovery, which provided a forum to establish a framework for recovery and Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care. Each State was invited through the Single State Authority (SSA) for substance abuse services to send a four-member team to the regional meeting. State teams consisted of the SSA or designee; treatment provider association representative or a treatment provider; representative of a recovery organization or of the recovering community or faith-based provider; and a researcher. Participants have the authority to affect change within their State. The goals of the meetings included: to inform individuals about the National Summit on Recovery; to provide resources related to the operationalization of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care to allow States and organizations to share lessons learned; and to provide a venue for individual State team planning.

Several resources were developed and disseminated through the regional process to advance recovery-oriented approaches and provide information on Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care. Resources include:

1. National Summit on Recovery Conference Report (119pp, PDF, 735KB)
2. Approaches to Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care at the State and Local Level: Three Case Studies (36 pp, PDF, 908KB)
3. Provider Approaches to Recovery-Oriented Systems: Four Case Studies (48pp, PDF, 1.MB)
4. Access to Recovery Approaches to Recovery-Oriented Systems: Three Case Studies (40pp, PDF, 1MB)
5. Guiding Principles and Elements of Recovery-Oriented Systems:What do we know from the research? (68pp, PDF, 1.6MB)

Outcomes

1. Four draft white papers were disseminated at the regional Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care meetings and are now available on the PFR website.
2. Five regional meetings were conducted: Western Region, Portland, Oregon, April 2007; Southwest Region, Dallas, Texas, July 2007; Central Region, Chicago, Illinois, September 2007; Northeast Region, Newport, Rhode Island, October 2007; and Southeast Region, Charleston, South Carolina.
3. Evaluations from the meetings were overwhelmingly positive and participants felt that the meetings were extremely beneficial in advancing their States' Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care.

To further support the implementation of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care, PFR developed two PowerPoint presentations to communicate and disseminate information to a broad audience. The first Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care presentation was presented at NASADAD’s Annual meeting in June of 2008 and the second presentation was presented at NADAAC’s Annual meeting in August of 2008.

Both presentations highlight the principles and elements of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care, identify its benefits. and encourage NASADAD, NAADAC and others to become involved in its adoption.

To view the presentations, please access them below:

• Recovery in the Community: An Emerging Framework - A Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care Approach. (NASADAD) (45pp, PDF, 431KB)
• An Emerging Framework - A Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care Approach. (NAADAC) (46pp, PDF, 438KB)

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