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Recovery Community Organization

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WHAT IS AN RCO?

 

A Recovery Community Organization is an independent, non-profit organization led and governed by representatives of local communities of recovery. These organizations organize recovery-focused policy advocacy activities, carry out recovery-focused community education and outreach programs, and/or provide peer-based recovery support services (P-BRSS).

RCO Core Values

 

  • RCO’s, their staff and programs always focused on recovery first
  • RCO’s gear their services to all people. Their programs and services reflect cultural diversity and inclusion 
  • Decisions are made through the participatory process from the staff, stakeholders, partnerships, and individuals receiving services 
  • They run on the peer-helping-peer model 
  • Programs allow for leadership development in staff, volunteers and individuals receiving services 
  • All programs, services, communications and policies are strength-based 
  • All programs and services encourage individual autonomy and choice 

RCO Core Principles

 

  • Recovery vision: Long-term recovery from substance use disorder happens 
  • Authenticity of voice: person’s in long-term recovery drive the programs and services 
  • Accountability to the greater recovery community to help and support 
  • Continued public education & awareness to reduce stigma and help community members understand that recovery is possible 
  • Continued policy advocacy 
  • Offer peer-based and other recovery support services that support multiple pathways of recovery 
  • Mutual trust and respect for all participants 
  • Recognition of strengths and contributions of all participants 
  • Shared leadership, decision-making power, resources and credit among members
  • Assurance that each member is treated equally 
  • Promise of a safe environment for clear and open communication that values feedback from all members 
  • Respect for the knowledge and expertise of members 
  • Belief that community input is essential 
  • Commitment to the value of diversity 
  • Understanding that relationships must be nurtured and that they evolve and change . 

RCO DO's...

RCO DO's...

RCO DO's...

 

• Support recovery potential for everyone
 

• Represent independent and peer-led members of the recovery community
 

• Commit to recovery-related social change
i .e .: recovery-focused community reeducation; advocating pro-recovery social polices
 

• Invest in organizing recovery resources within your local community
 

• Offer peer-based, non-clinical recovery support services to individuals and families
 

• Bridge gap between clinical treatment and long- term recovery
 

• Work towards cultural competency
 

• Celebrate multiple pathways of recovery

RCO Dont's

RCO DO's...

RCO DO's...

 

• Advocate for personal recovery
 

• Provide clinical assessment or treatment
 

• Take positions on controversial, non-recovery partisan issues
 

• Act as 12-step sponsors in their volunteer role
 

• Provide clinical services
 

• Provide addiction counseling
 

• Exclude members based on social status, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, history of incarceration
 

• Promote any one pathway

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!!!

Our organization is driven by the faces and voices of those with lived experiences and stakeholders in our community. Contact us today to find out how you can be a part of our stirring committees, community conversations, and more

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