ARCO Membership Application – Faces & Voices of Recovery Data Hub

Organization Name*

Name*

First Last

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Phone

Email*

Website*

What is your organization's mission statement?*

When did your organization begin operating?*

Your organization’s activities should reflect the following 3 core principles of recovery community organizations.

RECOVERY VISION

The recovery community organization, its leaders, and members have a singular goal: enhancing the quantity and quality of support available to people seeking and experiencing long-term recovery from addiction. The focus is on the “solution” that involves mobilizing individual and community resources to promote recovery, while embracing all pathways to recovery.

AUTHENTICITY OF VOICE

Authenticity of voice means representing the interests of communities of recovery. A guiding principle is self-governance, mutual aid and support. Recovery community organizations serve communities through leadership by and for community members. Recovery community organizations have a majority (more than 50%) of board members in recovery from alcohol and/or drug addiction. This strong connection is the source of a recovery community organization’s strength and ensures that the voice of the addiction recovery community takes precedence over other interests. Vibrant recovery community organizations ensure that the voices of people who have the lived experience of recovery, including family members, are heard and embraced and that the organization’s public education, advocacy, and recovery support services respond to the broadest spectrum of local SUD recovery needs.

ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY

Recovery community organizations’ credibility and effectiveness depends on their ability to be accountable and responsive to the community they work in and with. In most cases, this means being an independent, stand-alone nonprofit organization, where they can manage their relationships with other organizations. For example, a recovery community organization may work closely with an association of treatment providers, a Drug Court, a Community Prevention Coalition or a hospital, but be independent of them in terms of their governance.

Recovery community organizations recruit and engage people in recovery, family members, friends and allies to advocate on behalf of their own, identified interests. Wherever possible, recovery community organizations use something called “participatory processes” – different ways to involve both leaders and members – to weigh in on decisions about programming and policy. Recovery community organizations provide an organized way for people to give back to their communities through volunteer and paid service to others seeking recovery and they work with allied organizations by offering recovery support services, advocating on common public policy agendas, and broadening public understanding of the reality of recovery.

Please describe in detail how your organization’s activities reflect the 3 core principles of recovery community organizations mentioned above. (Max: 500 words)*

Governance

What is your organization’s current nonprofit status?*

Independent 501(c)3
Operating under fiscal agent

Fiscal Agent Name (If Applicable)

Please describe your governing board composition. (Max: 500 words)*

Percentage of Board Members in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders*

Programs and Activities

What is the focus of your mission?*

Public education - putting a face and a voice on recovery
Recovery Advocacy
Peer and other recovery support services

What programs or recovery support services does your organization provide?*

Does your organization provide any clinical treatment services?*

Describe any public awareness or educational activities your organization conducts.*

How does your organization engage people in recovery in decision-making, programming and leadership? (Max: 500 words)*

Does your organization support all pathways of recovery?*

Organization Funding Sources

All applicants must submit a breakdown of their funding sources by percentage according to the following categories. This data is for demographic purposes only and to further our understanding of how recovery community organizations are supported. This information will not be disclosed in any manner that would identify responses with the organizations submitting them.

Percentage of Individual Contributions*