In the field.
Recovery-housing news, funding developments, and policy from across Arkansas and the country.
Arkansas to receive $44.5 million from opioid settlement ↗
The state's local share is overseen by the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP), with payouts spanning roughly 15 years for treatment, prevention, and recovery.
Recovery Housing: Funding Sources & Financial Sustainability ↗
A federal report drawing on NARR-certified residences on how states can expand recovery-housing access by addressing funding limits and aligning policy — directly relevant to AARR's funding-diversification work.
Updates on ARORP opioid settlement funds ↗
ARORP has distributed more than $26.3M across all 75 counties — including to sober-living facilities and recovery community organizations. Arkansas overdose deaths fell 13.7% from 2022 to 2023.
Arkansas schools get $1.4M for opioid prevention and recovery ↗
ARORP-funded Prevention Recovery Coordinators are being placed across four Arkansas school districts.
California can fix recovery housing by not treating it like treatment ↗
A national policy piece framing NARR standards as the "gold standard" and describing the Model Recovery Residence Certification Act developed with the White House ONDCP.
ARORP partners are first to receive recovery housing accreditation in Arkansas ↗
Safe Haven Ministries and Hope's Bridge became the first NARR-accredited recovery residences in Arkansas — backed by $492K and $319K in opioid-settlement awards to expand recovery housing capacity.
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