This training highlights the role of community-based organizations (CBOs) in supporting the four major dimensions of recovery and wellness through strategic partnerships, services, resources, and support. Participants will explore how partnerships with CBOs can strengthen local engagement, combat stigma, and drive community ownership to foster sustainable recovery ecosystems and reduce overdose risk.

This session examines the defining characteristics of a recovery-centered organization, emphasizing a recovery-focused mission, authenticity of voice, and accountability to the recovery community through organizations’ mission, services, and commitment to recovery. Participants will learn how recovery-centered organizations differ from recovery community organizations and other community-based organizations while working to support recovery eco-systems that sustain recovery...