Written By: Rashetta Fairnot, Public Health Advisor, Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Do you work with recovery-oriented support services or are you interested in learning more about SAMHSA’s Recovery Support Strategic Initiative (RSSI) and the Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) project? Join Recovery Month on May 30th from 1 – 2 p.m. EDT to share insights and experience for the Twitter conversation—“Partnerships and Collaboration: Recovery Services, Systems, and Support.”
RSSI, one of SAMHSA’s Eight Strategic Initiatives to reduce the impact of mental and substance …

Through SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy, the Center for Social Innovation has announced awards of $25,000 each to eight peer-run/recovery community organizations.  These eight organizations will work within their states to increase public awareness about behavioral health services available through the Affordable Care Act.
Each site has an opportunity to innovate as a means of connecting with different organizations in their state and the general public.  Aside from focusing on the behavioral health services that are available through the ACA, organizations are to take an in-depth …

By: Rashetta Fairnot, Public Health Advisor, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
We had the pleasure of hosting the latest Recovery Month Twitter chat on behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) with co-hosts Linda Kaplan, M.A., Senior Public Health Advisor, Marsha Baker, LCSW, Public Health Advisor. It was facilitated through the @RecoveryMonth Twitter handle, using the hashtag #RecoveryChat, and embraced the theme:  “Recovery Support:  Prevention, Collaboration, and Recovery Management.”  The event focused on how society can proactively promote behavioral health, as …

Written By: Paolo del Vecchio, Acting Lead, Recovery Support Strategic Initiative, Acting Director CMHS
In December 2011, SAMHSA released a working definition of recovery and a set of guiding principles.  The December release of this definition represented the culmination of a lengthy process that began with an August 2010 Dialogue Meeting and ended with a formal public engagement process (via the SAMHSA Feedback Forum) in August 2011.  At the time SAMHSA released the working definition, we indicated that we would continue dialogue with the field to refine the definition and principles.  …