HOW SAMHSA LAUNCHES CENTER FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY SUPPORT (CARS): TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED-SIGN UP NOW! (1480 hits)
For Immediate Release From SAMHSA!
Official Launch of the Center for Addiction Recovery Support (CARS)!
“Greetings!
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Office of Recovery, in partnership with One World Recovery Network (OWRN), is excited to announce the launch of the new Center for Addiction Recovery Support (CARS)! CARS is ready to provide essential training and technical assistance (TTA) to help organizations better support individuals facing substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges. In 2021, the Office of Recovery was established to advance recovery across the nation. Over the past 4 years, we have been working diligently – in collaboration with the recovery field – to forge partnerships to support all people, families and communities impacted by mental health and/or substance use conditions to pursue recovery, build resilience, and achieve wellness. And one of the many invaluable ways to do this is through the design and delivery of training and technical assistance (TTA) that meets the needs of our local, state, and national recovery partners.
To meet these needs, we recognize that TTA must be led by people with lived and living experience with substance use challenges – both directly and through that of family members and loved ones. So, when we began development of the CARS grant application, we kept this theme at the forefront of the program. Over the next 5 years, the CARS program will advance our nation’s recovery support infrastructure by providing crucial TTA led by those same people that once depended on these life-saving services. From recovery housing and peer certification to collegiate recovery and recovery research, CARS will support critical areas across the recovery field – and we look forward to working with you on this journey of resilience, wellness, and recovery every step of the way.
In Gratitude and Partnership, Paolo del Vecchio, MSW Director
David Awadalla, MSW Public Health Advisor & CARS Government Project Officer The Office of Recovery
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
