“Recovery residences came about with the understanding that sometimes
people in early recovery need to be with other people in recovery. They need
that strong accountability and support from their peers. Even though it’s not
clinical, it’s about being as recovery-oriented and therapeutic as possible.”
“These structured living settings are generally led and managed
by people in recovery,” says Tack, who serves as the secretary
of the WVARR. “There are efforts underway by the WVARR to
begin looking at the credentialing of recovery residences because
anybody can open one. With the opioid crisis, this has become
a real problem. Some of it is taking advantage and exploiting
people. Some of it is just well-meaning people who don’t know
what they’re doing. And then there are people who do know
what they’re doing and have great facilities.”
The WVARR will serve as the first certifying agency for recovery
residences in West Virginia to ensure national recovery residence
standards are applied consistently across the state. It will also
serve all recovery residences that are seeking certification
throughout West Virginia with advocacy, training, start-up
assistance, compliance issues, accreditation offerings and data
collection. The WVARR is developing a system aligned with
standards and objectives set by the National Association of
Recovery Residences to provide accreditation for West Virginia
recovery residences.
“Recovery residences came about with the understanding
that sometimes people in early recovery need to be with other
people in recovery,” says Tack. “They need a highly structured
environment. They need that strong accountability and support
from their peers. Sometimes the places people live when they get
into recovery are detrimental to recovery, so they need some-
where else to go. We need to do something about this because
it’s not okay that recovering people are being exploited in this
way when they and their family members are desperate. Even
though it’s not clinical, it’s about being as recovery-oriented
and therapeutic as possible.”
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