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In the mid-1990s, CSAT recognized the need to bring the recovery
community actively into the public dialogue surrounding alcohol and
drug use problems. In 1998, CSAT initiated the Recovery Community
Support Program to help people in recovery and their families and
allies organize themselves and educate their communities about recovery.
From 1998 through 2001, projects funded by the CSAT program mobilized
diverse populations of recovering and recovered people, their families,
allies, and supporters. The projects focused attention on overcoming
stigma, educating the public about recovery, and contributing ideas
to addiction treatment systems. From these first grant projects came
the notion of establishing recovery support services as an adjunct
to treatment systems.
In 2002, the program was renamed the Recovery Community Services
Program. At that time, CSAT provided grant funds to plan and then
design and deliver recovery support services, and the peer-to-peer
approach evolved.
During the years from 1998 through 2001, much was learned by grant
projects about how to mobilize and develop recovery communities.
This learning provides the foundation for current project development,
and is recorded in publications from those years. These publications,
all available on this site, are broken down in the following categories:
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