(Arcari) Project Management – Identify and Analyze Stakeholders
Identify and analyze stakeholders for your recovery house project.
(Arcari) Project Management – Sponsor Engagement
Engaging the sponsor for your recovery house project.
(Arcari) Project Management – Communication
Identifying and tracking project communications in your recovery house project.
(Arcari) Project Management – Kickoff Planning
Kicking off the project is a keypoint in your recovery house project.
(Arcari) Project Management – Project Logs
Documents used for tracking decisions, changes, actions, and more in your recovery house project.
Insurance for Recovery Housing
Purchasing insurance for your recovery house is different from insuring your own home. Recovery housing insurance is nuanced and may require discussions with your board and insurance agent, and not all insurance agents are skilled in recovery housing insurance. You may have to look at other insurance companies to get appropriate coverage.
Welcoming Recovery
Stigma remains a challenge in community discussions of substance use disorder (SUD) and SUD treatment. It may create obstacles as an organization in a rural area works to establish a new treatment facility. To help reduce stigma and communicate the wide-reaching benefits of increasing access to treatment closer to home, the center has developed the […]
How to Select a Site
“Finding the right spot for a recovery residence isn’t easy. Considerable time, effort, and forethought are required, but due diligence in advance can pay off handsomely later. That’s because location is so important to a home’s ultimate success or failure. This is particularly true in rural areas because of the close-knit, symbiotic relationship houses have with the surrounding community. No residence is an island, but in remote areas the recovery houses must be especially mindful of location so they can access the services needed to provide a complete Continuum of Care.”
How to Handle NIMBY
When a recovery housing site is proposed, the project may be met with a “Not in My Backyard (NIMBY)” reaction from the community members. This guide includes a methodology and checklist to proactively address NIMBY issues in your community.
How to Build Recovery Housing
This guide provides a stepwise approach to help you establish a local working group to initiate and oversee the development of recovery housing and services to meet the needs of your rural community.