This half day, interactive training is built for peer recovery support specialists, recovery coaches, and RCO staff who work with people currently or formerly involved in the criminal legal system. The session covers the barriers that shape reentry, trauma informed and recovery oriented practice, and the role of peer support in helping people rebuild. Offers 3 NAADAC CE credits.

What You’ll Learn

• How housing, employment, healthcare, and family reunification barriers intersect and reinforce cycles of incarceration
• How stigma and labeling operate at both the personal and structural level
• Why recovery capital matters in reentry and where justice involvement limits access to it
• How peer support builds trust, models recovery, and bridges gaps between systems and participants
• Person first language practices that reduce stigma and center dignity
• Practical navigation strategies for housing, employment, legal supervision, and crisis situations

What You’ll Take Away

Participants leave with a resource mapping approach across housing, employment, education, behavioral health, and transportation, along with collaborative action planning practices and de-escalation strategies they can apply immediately with participants.

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI088037 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.