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Recovery Celebration
Recovery Walks!
2010.09.25

September 25, 2010

Every year CCAR hosts a Recovery Walks! event in Bushnell Park, in downtown Hartford. From 700 our first year, to 2000 last year (2009), people are taking notice! The message that "Recovery is possible" is gaining momentum in Connecticut and influencing citizens, legislators, and most importantly, those with addictions. Will YOU walk this year?

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It is with regret that Focus On Recovery, United, Inc., will no longer be able to  more[+]

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September 11 - 12, 2010


Multicultural Wellness Education is an intensive, hands-on program of holistic wellness practices for individuals who are interesed in personal healing approaches.more[+]

 

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CONNECTICUT RECOVERY EMPLOYMENT CONSULTATION SERVICES (C-RECS)

The mission of C-RECS is to increase the number of PIR in the behavioral health workforce allowing persons with lived experience of mental health illness and / or addiction issues to be gainfully employed. This, in turn, changes the system from the inside out. [MORE+]

CT WORKFORCE COLLABORATIVE ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

The Collaborative was established to develop and implement coordinated statewide planning and action to recruit, train, support, and retain members of this workforce. [MORE+]

CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOR ADDICTION RECOVERY (CCAR)

The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) envisions a world where the power, hope and healing of recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction is thoroughly understood and embraced. [MORE+]

YALE PROGRAM FOR RECOVERY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH (YALE-PRCH)

The Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, located at Erector Square in New Haven, CT, does collaborative research, evaluation, education, training, policy development, and consultation. We work to transform behavioral health programs, agencies, and systems to be culturally responsive and re-oriented to facilitating the recovery and social inclusion of the individuals, families, and communities they serve. [MORE+]

U.S. PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION (USPRA)

Our Mission: The primary mission of the US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) is to provide access, advocacy and strategies to implement state-of-the-art psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery oriented practices through education and professional credentials, research, service outcomes, and networking. [MORE+]

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI)

From its inception in 1979, NAMI has been dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.

For three decades, NAMI has established itself as the most formidable grassroots mental health advocacy organization in the country. [MORE+]

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.  The Agency was established in 1992 and directed by Congress to target effectively substance abuse and mental health services to the people most in need and to translate research in these areas more effectively and more rapidly into the general health care system. [MORE+]

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