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              Life Cycle Evaluation: Peer Recovery Coaching Bundle, Cohort 1
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                The United States is facing an unprecedented addiction and overdose epidemic. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a public health emergency in response to the increasing number of opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Due to differences in funding, policies, regulations, available resources, and the overall approach to addressing substance use disorders (SUDs), substance use treatment and harm reduction options may vary across states.

One promising strategy to address the rising rates of SUDs and drug overdose is peer recovery coaching. As a type of peer support, a nonclinical professional with lived SUD experience provides guidance to individuals with a SUD by helping them access care, develop a personalized plan to promote long-term. recovery, and remove barriers to recovery (for example, housing, employment, or transportation).

This study used a mixed methods approach to examine implementation and outcomes of peer recovery coaching models across four different AmeriCorps grantees.

Research Objectives

Describe peer recovery coaching model approaches, including promising practices and implementation challenges.
	Understand how peer recovery coaching improves outcomes for organizations, peer recovery coaches, and program participants.Findings

Lived experience is crucial to peer recovery coaching because it facilitates relationship-building between coaches and participants.
	Peer recovery coaches support participants in recovery from SUDs and mental health diagnoses.
	Grantees reported capacity improvements in providing services, leveraging financial support, and collaborating with partners.
	Peer recovery coaches reported increased knowledge, improved attitudes and behaviors, as well as increased opportunities for maintaining their own recovery.
	Program participants reported high levels of recovery capital (internal and external resources that enhance capacity for and commitment to living a sober life), which were greater than their counterparts who did not receive peer recovery coaching.**APHA Poster**

**LIFE CYCLE EVALUATION BUNDLED RECOVERY COACHING**

**COHORT 1 SNAPSHOT**

**FULL REPORT TO COME**

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      Program/Intervention
                        Peer Recovery Coaching
  

      Implementing Organization
                        Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center; Foundation for Recovery; Healing Action Network; Recovery Corps
  

      Intermediary(s)
                        AmeriCorps Office of Research and Evaluation Commissioned Report
  

      AmeriCorps Program(s)
            AmeriCorps State and National
                  AmeriCorps VISTA
  

      Age(s) Studied
            18-25 (Young adult)
                  26-55 (Adult)
                  55+ (Older adult)
  

      Focus Population(s)/Community(s)
            Rural
                  Suburban
                  Urban
                  Low-income
  

      Outcome Category
            Healthy Futures
                  Access to care
  

      Study Type(s)
            Outcomes
  

      Study Design(s)
            Quasi-experimental (QED)
  

      Researcher/Evaluator
                        ICF International
  

      Published Year
                        2023
  

      Study Site Location (State)
            Illinois
                  Minnesota
                  Missouri
                  Nevada Back to main content Sign up to hear about our latest news, events, and opportunities.
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