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Johns Hopkins research suggests that providing housing contingent on drug abstinence to inner-city opioid abusers leaving a detoxification program significantly increases their chances of remaining drug-free six months later. 

MARR and NARR are so excited to announce that brand new statewide trainings are now readily available for ALL Michigan recovery programs! There is an abundance of useful information, tools and attachments in these trainings created by the top experts in recovery that every program new or old will benefit from! 

Every new operator that applies to be MARR certified, will be required to complete these trainings for certification. For every current operator, we are giving exactly 1 year to complete them. For additional details about accessing the trainings, simply contact us!

You can now access and complete any course module at any time.  If you wish to receive CEU hours after completing all of the NARR Standard 3.0 modules, please select “CEUs for NARR Standard Training (Michigan)". Upon paying  the $27 fee you will receive a 30 hour NAADAC continuing education certificate.  

 Were you unable to attend our last webinar? Are you wanting to refresh your memory on a recent training? Discover the latest in MARR trainings and webinars now recorded and posted on our new YouTube channel for your convenience! Visit the YouTube tab above or click the link to your right to discover more.

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 Key characteristics of recovery homes include governance style (which can play a central role in structuring recovery mechanisms), social embeddedness (e.g., social relationships within the home), economic viability (e.g., the individual’s ability to be self-supporting), and learned recovery skills (such as coping with stress, avoiding putting one’s self in risky situations, etc.). These domains can have important associations with perceived quality of life (measured across physical, psychological, social relationships, and environmental domains). The current study investigated relationships among these key “active ingredients” of recovery homes. In addition, we present a dynamic model consistent with these observed relationships, to illustrate how relevant mechanisms interact over time and affect system evolution. Data were collected from recovery home residents in three states. Findings supported our overall hypotheses, indicating that social embeddedness, stress, and self-efficacy were related to quality of life, and policy and treatment-design implications are further examined by simulating system dynamics.   

As the effects of the opioid crisis continue to grow, awareness of the need for recovery housing also has grown quickly. Among other treatment and recovery supports, access to high-quality recovery housing is essential for many people. Yet the demand for recovery housing far outpaces the need. Even when recovery housing is available, residences vary greatly in terms of the level of services and supports provided, the populations and regions served, and the culture. Acceptance of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is one such factor that varies greatly—impacting access to recovery housing for people with opioid use disorder (OUD). 

What is the number of serious attempts required to achieve stable resolution of a significant alcohol or other drug (AOD) problem? Previous studies of addiction treatment populations suggest prolonged addiction careers, and a substantial proportion (over half) of people in the United States admitted to addiction treatment indicate one or more prior treatment admissions. These reports stand as justification for the characterization of addiction as a “chronic relapsing” disorder. Such clinical studies, however, may not be representative of the larger pool of people experiencing AOD-related problems.  

“We know that the opioid crisis has hit rural communities hard, and we need to leverage all possible partnerships to support these communities,” said HHS Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Elinore McCance-Katz, MD. “Housing plays a vital part in the recovery process for those living with opioid use disorders.”