CAPRSS Newsletter – June 2021

June 2021
Digital Newsletter

Congrats Springs Recovery Connection!

Springs Recovery Connection is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit recovery community organization. We are community-based citizens, in long term recovery, who want to educate, mentor, and advocate for recovery and long-term recovery solutions. We support all roads to recovery. Springs Recovery Connection envisions a community that understands, supports, and embraces recovery from addiction.
A Notice on Virtual Site Visits
Due to COVID-19 all previously accredited organizations who were up for reaccreditation have had their term extended. With positive feedback from both organizations and site reviewers we continue to offer virtual site visits across the board – including reaccreditation.

Virtual Learning Community

Join us on June 9th, 2021 at 12:00pm EDT for our CAPRSS Virtual Learning Community webinar. This month we welcome Lisa Walker, LCSW, who will be presenting and leading our discussion this month on Data and Quality Assurance.
Register Here!

Lisa Walker

Lisa Walker holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Utah which she completed in 2014. She brings her experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to provide supervision and support to USARA’s Recovery Leadership Initiative and Addiction Recovery Management teams. Lisa has been in long-term recovery since December of 2005 and has passionately worked in various behavioral health settings over the last decade. She uniquely understands the barriers to becoming fully self-supportive after her personal battle of active addiction.

She credits supportive services within the community to her long-term success. Lisa enthusiastically brings leadership and advocacy qualities to USARA that she has garnered through life experience and higher education. Lisa’s mission in life is to show others that recovery is possible by continuing to show support, advocate for and empower individuals seeking recovery. Lisa is most proud of her husband and two children who have thrived right alongside her and been her biggest cheerleaders.

Upcoming Webinars

Accreditation 101 – June 4, 2021 – 12pm ET
Accreditation 101 is an introduction to accreditation course, where participants will learn the mission and purpose of CAPRSS, an overview of the standards and criteria, the steps in the accreditation process, establish resources for getting your organization accreditation ready, and for completing your application for accreditation candidacy.

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Accreditation 201 – July 16, 2021 – 12pm ET
Accreditation 201 is designed to: Identify the elements of the CAPRSS standards taxonomy and how they relate. Describe the core domains and standards, and discuss how peer reviewers – and PRSS programs – will use standards, criteria, and elements of performance in the accreditation process.

Register Here

Register now for Faces & Voices’
20th Anniversary Summit

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of Faces & Voices of Recovery. In 20 years, many things have changed in the Recovery Movement, but our dedication to the mission has never wavered. Through your ongoing support we have been able to connect and help Recovery Community Organizations around the world and continue to work to change the way addiction and recovery are understood and embraced through advocacy, education and leadership.

JOIN US
OCT 3 – 6, 2021 This Recovery Leadership Summit will be held over the course of four days and is filled with exceptional presentations, critical discussions and optional early morning and evening activities.

Register and learn more here!