Asset-Based Accreditation
The Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services (CAPRSS) is the only accrediting body in the US specifically for Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs) and other programs offering addiction Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS).
Our Mission
To Identify and support excellence in the delivery of peer recovery support services and other activities by Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs) and qualifying programs.
Our History
This service is the culmination of years of work by recovery community advocates and allies who work every day to secure, promote and provide pathways to long-term recovery for millions of Americans, their families and their communities.
We are committed to Asset-based Accreditation (TM) that is based on
- Recovery principles
- Fair, balanced, contemporary, and focused on the “real world”
- Inclusive of information and data from peers, leadership, and the recovery community served
- Respectful and authentic
- Designed around organizational function and mission
- Based on strengths, opportunities for improvement, and emerging evidence-based practices
CAPRSS takes an “accreditation plus” philosophical approach, viewing accreditation as more than the evaluation and approval of organizations or programs based on a set of standards. CAPRSS offers a process that promotes capacity-building and the achievement of excellence within organizations from beginning to end.
Our Approach
- Helps emerging and established RCOs and peer programs to build capacity
- Improves the performance of organizations and programs providing peer services by setting and measuring the achievement of standards
- Increases accountability of peer services providers to funders, the public, and the field
- Emerging organizations seeking information and resources to develop their programs
- Established organizations looking to improve depth, breadth, scope, and quality of the peer services they provide, and preparing to seek accreditation
- “Accreditation-Ready” organizations applying for accreditation
- Accredited organizations
- State and other governmental entities seeking to support and assure the quality of peer recovery support services within their jurisdiction
Accreditation is an intense and intensive process that looks at seven areas (called domains):
- Recovery Principles, Culture and Climate
- Ethical Framework for Service Delivery
- Peer Leader Development
- Peer Supervisor Development
- Governance and Program Oversight
- Management Systems
- Peer Support Capacity: Core Competencies
News
CAPRSS Newsletter – September 2021
September 2021 Digital Newsletter Now in its 32nd year, Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other…
Read MoreCAPRSS Newsletter – August 2021
August 2021 Digital Newsletter Congratulations to The Rase Project on Reaccreditation! The RASE Project is a 501 (c) 3, non-profit, charitable organization. RASE is a Recovery Community Organization, which means that…
Read MoreCAPRSS Newsletter – July 2021
July 2021 Digital Newsletter Virtual Learning Community Join us on July 14th from 12pm – 1pm EST for our CAPRSS Virtual Learning Community. This month we welcome Jessica Parnell, Executive Director…
Read MoreCAPRSS 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,…
Read MoreCAPRSS Newsletter – May 2021
May 2021 Digital Newsletter Congrats USARA! USARA’s (Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness) mission is to connect and inspire communities to advocate for addiction recovery. We envision a Utah where…
Read MoreCAPRSS Newsletter – April 2021
April 2021 Digital Newsletter Virtual Learning Community Join us on April 14, 2021 at 12:00pm EDT for a webinar on Peer Leadership. This month we are fortunate to have Dillon…
Read MoreCAPRSS Newsletter – March 2021
March 2021 Digital Newsletter Virtual Learning Community Join us on March 10, 2021 at 12:00pm EDT for a webinar on Cultivating Recovery Culture. This month we will look at what…
Read MoreCAPRSS Newsletter – February 2021
February 2021 Digital Newsletter Welcome Revive Recovery! Revive Recovery is a non-profit, peer recovery support center. Our mission is to open doors and open minds for the recoverees in our community while…
Read MoreCAPRSS Newsletter – January 2021
January 2021 Digital Newsletter Happy New Year! We made it through 2020 and have seen how organizations like yours have adapted to continue providing excellent services to those that need them.…
Read MoreCAPRSS Newsletter – December 2020
December 2020 Digital Newsletter Virtual Learning Community Join us on December 9, 2020 at 12:00pm EDT for a webinar on How to Celebrate Our Teams This month we will focus…
Read MoreAnnouncements
Navigating COVID-19: CAPRSS conducts first virtual site visit
10/05/2020: During this time of national pandemic the Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services is committed to supporting the health and well being of the accreditation candidates, site reviewers and all those providing and receiving PRSS. We encourage all providers to follow guidelines and practices for keeping their communities safe and healthy.
Events
CAPRSS’s virtual learning community is a place for people involved in Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS) to learn about topics related to the CAPRSS standards. The Learning Community is the hub for all information that can help your program to become accreditation ready.
Our introduction to accreditation course, where it:
- describes the mission and purpose of CAPRSS
- provides an overview of the standards and criteria
- describes the steps in the accreditation process
- presents resources for getting your organization accreditation-ready and for completing your application for accreditation candidacy.
This session begins at 12:00 ET and lasts 60-minutes, this includes time for your questions.
CAPRSS has developed a set of rigorous standards that come directly from the recovery community and reflect current practice in peer recovery support. The standards are the core of the accreditation process.
The CAPRSS Standards can be viewed as an external guide used to assess the capacity and efficiency of a PRSS program, in that programs that are applying for accreditation will be evaluated on the extent to which they can demonstrate their ability to meet the standards. The standards can also be considered a guide that a PRSS program can use to conduct a self-inventory, to learn more about areas of excellence and the areas that may need improvement. The second webinar in the accreditation series is designed to give you a deeper understanding of the standards. This session is designed to:
- Identify the elements of the CAPRSS standards taxonomy and how they relate
- Describe the core domains and standards
- Discuss how peer reviewers–and PRSS programs– will use standards, criteria, and elements of performance in the accreditation process.
This session begins at 12:00 ET and lasts 60-minutes, this includes time for your questions.