Apply for SAMHSA’s 2012 BRSS TACS Peer-Run Organization/Recovery Community Organization Awards

Dear Peer-Run Organizations and Recovery Community Organizations,

SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) is pleased to announce the 2012 BRSS TACS Peer-Run Organization/Recovery Community Organization Awards.

To advance the goal of increasing the adoption of recovery supports, SAMHSA recognizes the importance of empowering peer-run organizations/ recovery community organizations to promote peer-delivered recovery supports and services. Peer-driven recovery supports help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process. Because they are designed and delivered by peers, they are grounded in experiential knowledge and promote a belief that recovery is possible for all people.

The BRSS TACS Peer-Run Organization/ Recovery Community Organization Awards will support peer-run organizations/ recovery community organizations to develop and/or disseminate information on best practices in peer-driven recovery support for people in recovery from mental health and/or substance conditions. By supporting organizations in these activities, the BRSS TACS Peer-Run Organization/ Recovery Community Organization Awards will increase the capacity of peer providers and traditional treatment programs to adopt services designed, delivered, and promoted by people in recovery.

Information about the BRSS TACS 2012 Peer-Run Organization/Recovery Community Organization Awards application, expectations of awardees, and activities, may be found here: http://brsstacs.center4si.com/peer_run_recovery_awards.doc. Questions about the 2012 Peer-Run Organization/Recovery Community Organization Awards may be directed to SAMHSA’s contractor for BRSS TACS, the Center for Social Innovation. Please send your questions by March 9, 2012, to Rebecca Stouff by email to rstouff@center4si.com or by U.S. mail to Rebecca Stouff, Center for Social Innovation, 200 Reservoir Street, Suite 202, Needham, MA 02494. Questions about BRSS TACS may be directed to the SAMHSA Project Officer, Catherine Nugent, at cathy.nugent@samhsa.hhs.gov or 240-276-1677.

Thank you for your attention to the BRSS TACS 2012 Peer-Run Organization/Recovery Community Organization Awards and for your ongoing efforts to promote recovery for individuals and families throughout the United States.

Thank you,

The BRSS TACS Team