Partners

 The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) promotes and administers comprehensive, recovery-oriented services in the areas of mental health treatment and substance abuse prevention and treatment throughout Connecticut.   

The International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium / Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Inc. (IC&RC)

The International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium / Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Inc. (IC&RC) sets the international standards of practice in addiction counseling, prevention and clinical supervision through testing and credentialing of addiction professionals.

www.icrcaoda.org

SAMHSA

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has established a clear vision for its work -- a life in the community for everyone. To realize this vision, the Agency has sharply focused its mission on building resilience and facilitating recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders. SAMHSA is gearing all of its resources -- programs, policies and grants -- toward that outcome.

www.samhsa.gov

The Department of Public Health serves to "protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut"

www.ct.gov/dph

Department of Corrections (DOC)

Since 1968 the Connecticut Department of Correction has proudly served and protected the citizens of the State of Connecticut, by daily ensuring the safety, security and order of our 18-correctional facilities in a manner which is widely viewed as a national model.

www.ct.gov/doc

Department of Children and Families (DCF)

Working together with families and communities to improve child safety, ensure that more children have permanent families, and advance the overall well-being of children is the central focus of the Department of Children and Families (DCF).

www.ct.gov/dcf

The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)

The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) advocates at the state level for policies and priorities that are pro-recovery. Why? Because a pro-recovery agenda is fiscally sound and socially wise.

www.ccar-recovery.org

Focus On Recovery-United (FOR-U)

FOR-U is a peer-support program staffed entirely by paid and volunteer consumers who have been trained by Mary Ellen Copeland as facilitators of her Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP). Our training center is located in downtown East Hartford, CT.

www.focusonrecovery.org

The Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH)

The Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) is jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Mental Health Center of the Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies of Yale University.

www.yale.edu/prch/