Recommendations for Engaging People from Hispanic and Latino Communities

In general, people from Hispanic and Latino communities are less likely to seek substance use treatment and are less satisfied with treatment services than non-Hispanic Whites. Providing strengths-based services that recognize and respond to the ways Hispanic and Latino cultural …

Increasing Access to Treatment and Recovery Supports for People with Disabilities

On average, people with disabilities are more likely than people without disabilities to develop substance use disorders or to experience poor mental health. This informational sheet includes resources about improving access to recovery support services for people with disabilities.

Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services

Core competencies are the basic or foundational knowledge and skills needed to do a specific job well. These are the core competencies recommended for peer workers in behavioral health services, including peer recovery coaches, peer recovery specialists, and dozens of …

Collegiate Recovery Supports for Underrepresented Student Populations

Underrepresented student populations with mental health issues and/or substance use disorders have distinct recovery support needs. Here is some information about how to support these students in collegiate recovery program spaces.

Providing Culturally Responsive Recovery Supports: Recommendations for Engaging Black Young Adults

This issue brief examines the experiences of Black young adults with mental illness or substance use disorders and makes recommendations for improving outreach and engagement through culturally responsive and developmentally appropriate practices.

Boston Harm Reduction Toolkit

This toolkit is meant to help develop a culture of harm reduction in Boston by providing information on the history of harm reduction, engaging the community, and how to offer harm reduction services and apply harm reduction programming using a …

Support After Overdose Death (for Frontline Workers)

Mass Helpline

Faces & Voices of Recovery (Advocacy & Policy)

We are working to eliminate barriers to recovery for every American, every family and to help today’s children and future generations, who often are the biggest winners in the process of recovery.

Peer Recovery Support Centers

The Massachusetts Peer Recovery Support Centers (PRSC) are free accessible peer-led spaces that provide individuals in recovery from substance use, as well as families and loved ones affected by addiction, the opportunity to both offer and receive support in their …

The Eight Dimensions of Wellness

The Eight Dimensions of Wellness take into account not only an individual’s physical health, but all the factors that contribute to a person’s overall wellness.