Welcome to the Peer Recovery Support Services Community of Practice!

CoPs provide a forum for you to share your perspectives, explore solutions, connect with your peers, and take away insights to improve your practice.
This CoP connects Recovery Community Organizations and others who deliver peer recovery support services.
Meeting Schedule:
CoP meetings are on the second Wednesday from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM every other month.
Due to COVID-19 imposed restrictions, all meetings will be held virtually until further notice.
Resources & Tools
National Peer Recovery Support Resources
- Faces and Voices of Recovery
• Faces and Voices of Recovery RCO Toolkit - Addiction Peer Recovery Center for Excellence
- Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Resources
- Legal Action Center: Be Empow(ER)d! Know Your Rights to Addiction Care for Drug & Alcohol-Related ER Visits
New Hampshire Peer Recovery Support Resources
- NH State Funded Recovery Centers
- Recovery Community Organizations Referral Guide
- NH Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Professionals (LADC)
• Certified Recovery Support Worker Application
• LADC Board Rules - NH Medicaid Rules
- IC & RC Peer Recovery Domains and Tasks
Past CoP webinar recordings and other resources and tools
Webinars 2023
Webinar – Navigating Pathways of Advocacy – Managing Pain in Recovery – May 10, 2023
Join us for the second CoP in a new series that will focus on the role of recovery coach as advocate: Navigating Pathways of Advocacy. This CoP will explore options that people who are in recovery can use to manage post-surgical and chronic pain. This includes traditional and alternative treatments. Peer Recovery Specialists will increase knowledge on how to help people advocate with their providers for pain management that best meets their needs
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Webinar – Navigating Pathways of Advocacy: From Interpersonal Violence to Safety– March 8, 2023
This is the first CoP in a new series focused on the role of recovery coach as advocate: Navigating Pathways of Advocacy. This CoP, From Interpersonal Violence to Safety, will focus on signs that a person may have experienced interpersonal violence, how to initiate a conversation about such violence, when and how to refer people, safety concerns, and the recovery coach’s perspective on addressing interpersonal violence.
RESOURCES
The Navigating Pathways of Advocacy: From Interpersonal Violence to Safety Panel of Experts included:
Amy Jo Muscott, M.Ed., Education Coordinator, Bridges: Domestic and Sexual Violence Support
Amy Jo works preventively in schools and organizations, presenting on bullying, healthy relationships, consent, teen dating violence, issues related to sexual assault, trauma-informed care, and warning signs for students and adults. She has done individual advocacy with survivors, facilitated groups for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence as well as with children and their parents who have witnessed domestic violence.
Kayte Gilmore, M.A., Youth and Outreach Advocate, Crisis Center of Central New Hampshire
Kayte brings with her a passion for community education and investing in youth. Before coming to CCCNH, Kayte worked with youth in Ohio, Kentucky, and New Hampshire. In that role, she focused on growing empathy and compassion in youth and empowering them to take action on social justice concerns such as sexual assault and LGBTQIA issues.
Kimberly Fortin, CRSW, Parent Educator, Archways
Kimberly is a CRSW currently training to become a LADC. Kimberly also facilitates the Parenting Journey in Recovery program and is trained for Nurturing Families (for those affected by addiction). Kimberly has lived experience with recovery and parenting as she is in recovery and the mother of three boys. Her desire in this field is to be an example and guide for others looking to initiate or sustain recovery and encourage the self-discovery process of what living free from substances or alcohol use can bring.
Webinar – Restorative Pathways: Community Reentry– January 11, 2023
This CoP, Community Reentry, builds on the previous CoPs, Expunging Your Record and Drug Court. It will focus on the fears, frustrations, and barriers faced by people reentering after incarceration, but also dwell on overcoming difficulties and rejoining communities. The panel members represent a broad spectrum of expertise and experience on the topic of reentry.
Laurie Foster, Deputy Director of the Division of Rehabilitative Services for the New Hampshire Department of Corrections
Erica Gilbert, CRSW, Family Services Coordinator at Navigating Recovery of the Lakes Region and the Laconia Doorway
Beth Morse, Graduate of the CORE Program
Webinars 2022
Webinar – Restorative Pathways: Drug Courts – November 9, 2022
This CoP builds upon the previous and popular Restorative Pathways: Expunging your Records CoP by focusing on how New Hampshire Drug Courts are helping to promote recovery and providing advice and insights on navigating this important part of the judicial system.
Webinar Recording
Webinar – Restorative Pathways: Expunging Your Record – September 14, 2022
Learn about expunging a criminal record – understand the step-by-step legal process and hear about the personal perspective. Participants will be better equipped to advise and motivate those who seek to expunge their criminal records. The meeting helps shift the conversation from incarceration to community.
Webinar Recording
Webinar – Moving Through Recovery: Move a Muscle, Change a Thought – July 13, 2022
Explore how exercise and meditative movement can help reduce stress, restore balance, strengthen the immune system, and enhance an inner sense of well being for individuals as they move through recovery.
Webinar Recording
Benefits of Exercise in Addiction Recovery
The Phoenix’s Sober Active Community Model
Webinar – The Sound of Healing – May 18, 2022
Tune in to how music and sound can help individuals share stories, express emotions, and connect to an inner sense of well-being that will enhance their recovery journey and practice.
Webinar Recording
Music Therapy in Recovery
From Drug Addict to Sound Healer: A Journey of Transformation – Kelvin Young, RSS
Webinar – The Power of Expression in Recovery – March 9, 2022
Webinar Recording
Snowbound poem by Natasha Lynne Vogdes
Art at Hope Recovery presentation
The Power of Expression in Recovery; Journaling and Creative Arts Workshop – April 26 – June 14, 2022
Webinars 2021
Webinar – Recovering Together Cafe – Recovery is a Gift! – December 8, 2021
The Greater Tilton Area Family Resource Center
Webinar – Celebrating Recovery and Community Connection – September 29, 2021
- Webinar Recording
- Presentation Slides – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
- CAP – RCO Grid
- Recovery Community Organizations Referral Guide – updated December 2021
- Recovery Month Presentation
Webinar – Finding Recovery In and Outside the Walls: Criminal Justice & Recovery – July 14, 2021
- Webinar Recording
- Presentation Slides – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Webinar – Recovery: It’s a Family Affair– May 12, 2021
- Webinar Recording
- Presentation Slides – Part 1 and Part 2
- Resources
Webinar – Trauma Informed Care within Recovery Services– March 10, 2021
Webinar – Harm Reduction within Recovery Services– January 13, 2021
- Webinar Recording
- Presentation Slides
- Resources
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Heath, December 2020, “Saving Lives From Overdose During a Pandemic.“
- https://filtermag.org/harm-reduction-works-narcotics-anonymous/
- Drug Policy Alliance: Beyond Zero Tolerance: A Reality-Based Approach to Drug Education and School Discipline
- Drug Policy Alliance: Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens and Drugs
- New CDC guidance for Hepatitis C: https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/guidelinesc.htm
Webinars 2020
- Webinar Recording
- Password: 9T$C#7gM
- Presentation Slides
- Follow-up Questions & Answers
Webinar/In-Person – Understanding Role of and Strategies for Incorporating Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation in Peer Recovery Support Services – January 29, 2020
- Webinar Recording
- Presentation Slides
- Embrace the Rainbow: Understanding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or LGBTQ+ 101 (Gia Drew, EqualityMaine; Nick Campan, North Country Serenity Center)
- Handout: Know Better, Do Better
Webinars 2019
- Webinar Recording
- Presentation Slides
- Peer Perspectives (Michelle Gagne, SOS Recovery Community Organization, Karen Collins, Hope for NH Recovery)
Webinar/In-Person – Strategies for Identifying & Avoiding Burnout Among Staff Who Deliver Peer Recovery Support Services – July 31, 2019
- Webinar Recording
- Presentation Slides
- Personal Experience With Burnout and the Importance of Recognizing It (Sandra Bouchard & Kelly Riley)
- Strategies for Identifying & Avoiding Burnout Among Staff Who Deliver Peer Recovery Support Services (Arthur Woodard, MSW, SOULcial Worker/HELPer)
- Handouts: Self-Care Wheel Assessment
Webinar/In-Person – Standards for Recovery Housing and Building the Capacity for New Hampshire – April 24, 2019
- Presentation Slides:
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- Status of Recovery Housing (Lindy Keller, NH Bureau of Drug & Alcohol Services)
- National Alliances for Recovery Residences (David Sheridan, Founder & President)
- New Hampshire Coalition of Recovery Residences (NHCORR Staff: Kristine Paquette, Andrew West, Kathleen Ryan)
- Follow-up Questions & Answers
Webinar/In-Person – Implementing Recovery Coaching in the Emergency Department: Considerations and Perspectives from Early Adopters – January 23, 2019
Webinars 2018
- Presentation Slides
- Handouts: Program Oversight Tip Sheet; Participatory Process Tip Sheet; Participatory Process Self-Assessment; and Board of Directors Tip Sheet
- Follow-up Questions & Answers
In-Person – Recruiting, Retaining & Recognizing Volunteers – February 28, 2018
Webinars 2017
Webinar – Using Website and Social Media Marketing to Increase Visibility of Recovery Community Organizations – October 4, 2017
- Presentation Slides
- Website Information: Blogging Information; Website/Blogging Keywords & Links; Photo Release Form; Recovery Story Guidelines
- Social Media Information: In-House Social Media Audit; Sample Media Advisory, Sample Communications Plan; Sample Op-Ed; Sample Press Release, Sample Social Media Policy; Social Medial Tips; Letter to the Editor Template
Webinar – Telephone Recovery Supports (TRS) – March 24, 2017
- Presentation Slides
- Follow-up Questions & Answers
- TRS Forms: English Consent Template; Spanish Consent Template; Contact Script; Service Log
Webinar – Roles for Peers Providing Recovery Support – January 23, 2017
Webinars 2016
A Review & Discussion of CRSW Requirements, CAPRSS Standards for Recovery Coaches and Training Opportunities
Webinar – Kickoff Webinar – August 23, 2016