Alliance for Recovery Centered Organizations (ARCO)

Uniting and supporting a network of local, regional, and statewide recovery centered organizations through shared knowledge, resources, and networking.

Members are a diverse group, from many pathways, led and governed by People with Lived Experience (PWLE)

linked together through networking opportunities and sharing resources

These include strength-in-numbers advocacy; support for the certified and non-certified peer workforce; organizing and strategic planning; education; networking; and fundraising. You’ll be welcomed into a growing community of organizations you can learn from and help. Join the Alliance, and let’s advance recovery and wellness initiatives everywhere.

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What is ARCO?

ARCO is an Alliance of new, emerging, and established recovery and wellness organizations.

The move from Association to Alliance meets the growing need for an expanded recovery support network and provides an even more active, beneficial relationship with ARCO members.

As true Allies, we unite in a bond of shared experience and a desire to improve lives in our communities. To that end, ARCO links recovery centered organizations and their leaders with local, state, and national allies through networking opportunities and shared resources.

Whether we understand “community” as our local recovery club, wellness center, recovery residence, or a regional advocacy organization, as an Alliance we can organize for positive action more effectively. Disparate recovery centered organizations and communities connect in substantive ways to learn, to share, and to advance recovery at every level.

Through ARCO

we are committed to

  • Building a stronger advocacy movement
  • Expanding recovery support services everywhere
  • Protecting and expanding the rights of individuals
  • Intentional focus on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion
  • Supporting the peer workforce
  • Implementation of national standards and best practices
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About

Alliance Members

ARCO members are a diverse, growing network of recovery centered organizations that have applied for and, through a peer-review process, received a recommendation for ARCO membership. Large or small, new or well-established, if your organization is centered on advancing and/or supporting recovery in your community, you are welcome in our Alliance.

Chances are that somewhere near you, a dedicated group of recovery advocates is working to change things for the better. Whether through perceptions, resources, policies, or legislation, we are all working to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities impacted by substance use and mental health disorders. As an ARCO member, you’ll gain strength and support – through collective knowledge, vast resources, and hard-won expertise – to create steps toward positive change.

Become an Alliance Member

Our Alliance Welcomes

  • Recovery Community Organizations
  • Recovery Community Centers
  • Recovery Advocacy Organizations
  • Family Recovery Organizations
  • Faith-Based Recovery Organizations
  • Recovery High Schools
  • Collegiate Recovery Programs
  • Recovery Residences
  • Alternative Peer Groups
  • Recovery Support Groups
  • Recovery Cafés and Clubs
  • Arts-Focused Recovery Organizations
  • Wellness-Based Organizations
  • Non-Profit Organizations Centered on Recovery
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Arco Members

Member Benefits

Find out how ARCO Members benefit from being connected with our growing network of recovery centered organizations, communities, and allies across the country.

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See just how far and wide ARCO membership reaches across the country! ARCO members are positioned across the US to organize and work more effectively with national recovery support services organizations and partners to effect positive change, everywhere. Due to increasing global interest, we are also organizing internationally and welcoming new friends in communities abroad.

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Need Answers?

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Annual ARCO membership dues are determined by the organization’s fiscal budget for the current year. ARCO annual membership dues levels are shown below.

  • For organizations with a fiscal budget of < $50,000, annual ARCO membership dues are $250.
  • For organizations with a fiscal budget of $50,000 – $149,999, annual ARCO membership dues are $550.
  • For organizations with a fiscal budget of $150,000 – $499,999, annual ARCO membership dues are $850.
  • For organizations with a fiscal budget of > $500,000, annual ARCO membership dues are $1,400.

We welcome international organizations to join the Alliance! At this time, we are unable to certify international organizations. We hope to in the future.

Yes! The Alliance of Recovery Centered Organizations (ARCO) is open to organizations based upon the following criteria:

  • The organization engages in activities that fall under one or more of the three core activities of policy and advocacy activities, recovery-focused community education and outreach programs, and peer recovery support services (PRSS).
  • The organization’s mission and vision include a primary focus on recovery wellness or steps toward positive change.
  • The organization is inclusive and celebrates all people with lived experience (PWLE), diverse pathways of recovery and wellness, and works to eradicate the stigma surrounding SUD and recovery.

Membership in the Alliance of Recovery Centered Organizations should not be considered as certification as an RCO. Certification is a distinct and separate process from Alliance membership. At this time, Faces & Voices of Recovery is not accepting new applications for certification.

Please visit our Memberships and/or our Partners & Funders pages.

Submit Your

Alliance Membership Application

Faces & Voices of Recovery welcomes all local, regional, and statewide, national and international organizations that are aligned with, and support, our mission of changing the way addiction and recovery are understood and embraced through advocacy, education, and leadership to apply to join the Alliance. The Alliance is a big tent approach to uniting and supporting a growing network of organizations that support recovery for all!

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