Our Voices Matter! Learn from Peers & Experts at the 2024 Best Practices Summit.
You can view sessions by name, track, experience level, CE Skill Group and more with the session list below. To view sessions by date/time, see the Agenda tabs.
The Speakers Page lists all our confirmed speakers, their sessions, and offers highlights for you to get to know them before the summit.
The summit schedule is currently in progress. Check back here regularly for updates!
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Agenda: Sessions by Date & Time
Monday Highlights
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion: Amplifying Excluded Voices | Capital Ballroom (1-4) | Heather Rodriguez - Mental Health America of Indiana | DRAFT- NARR Inclusion Amplifying Excluded Voices 7.29.24.pptx | |
| Transforming Narratives: The Power of Lived Experience in Peer Support | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Jimmy McGill - National Peer Recovery Alliance | Transforming Narratives The Power of Lived Experience and Peer Support.pptx | |
| Trust, the currency of relationship and recovery | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Alan Muia - New Earth Recovery | Trust in relationships and recovery.pptx |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creating Inclusive Recovery Spaces: Supporting LGBTQ+ Individuals in Recovery | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Danielle Bonanno - Inclusive Recovery Athens Brandy Anderson - Acceptance Recovery Center | Danielle _ Brandy presentation 2024.pdf | |
| Social Model Recovery’s Lessons for Recovery Community Centers and for Recovery Residences | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Thomasina Borkman - George Mason University | A reformulation of the social model of AOD.pptx | A NARR summit proposal 23 (002).docx |
| Importance of Peer Recovery Housing Specialist Training | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Vaile Leonard - Light of Truth Center, Inc. | Peer Recovery Housing Specialist Presentation.pdf |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Housing | Capital Ballroom (1-4) | Steven Polin - Law Office of Steven G. Polin |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Strong: Transforming Trauma into Resilience | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Sarah Scarbrough - REAL LIFE | ||
| Peer Ethics | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Monte Payne - Wolfe Street Foundation Destiny Burge - Wolfe Street Foundation | Peer Ethics Presentation Revised.pptx |
Tuesday Highlights
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Intersection of Substance Use Disorder, Human Trafficking, and Recovery Housing | Capital Ballroom (1-4) | Autumn McCraw - WVARR | Introduction to Human Trafficking_.docx | |
| Peer Support Works: Discussing Peer Support in Traditional and Non-Traditional Settings of Care | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Emily Stuckey - ARCHway Institute | NARR Conference Slideshow_DRAFT.pptx | DRAFT NPRA Pamphlet.pdf |
| Insurance & Risk Management for Recovery Residences | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Lee Goldberg - BB Insurance Marketing Inc | Insurance and Risk Management - 2024 - Draft.pdf |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Americans with Disabilities Act and Recovery Residences | Capital Ballroom (1-4) | Steven Gordon - United States Department of Justice | DRAFT Partial presentation for NARR.pptx | SAMHSA Advisory on substance use disorder and people with disabilities.pdf |
| Strength in Lived Experience: Integrating Peer Support in Recovery Housing | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Stefanie Robinson - Hope Recovery Community | Strength in Lived Experience Peers in RH.docx | |
| Recovery Oriented Systems of Care. A Partnership Between Clinical Services and Recovery Housing | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Jimmy Christmas - River City Comprehensive Counseling Services David Rook - Next Frontier Recovery Chris Waugh - True Recovery RVA | D9 - Recovery Capital (1).ppt |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerging Affiliates: Navigating Growth and Impact in Montana and New York | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Ben Weiss - BehaveHealth.com Peter Maney - Recovery Residence Alliance of Montana Van Smith Jr. - Recovery Houses of Rochester,Inc. | 2024 Shared to NARR - Emerging Affiliates- Navigating Growth and Impact in Montana and New York.pdf |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listening Session with Federal Interagency Workgroup on Quality Recovery Housing | Grand Ballroom | Dona Dmitrovic - SAMHSA Lisa Coffman - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | NARR 2024.pdf |
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Session Materials | Additional Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Intersect of Recovery Residences and Recovery Community Organizations | Monroe, Jefferson & Madison (Combined) | Gerald Lott - Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery Honesty Liller - The McShin Foundation | Legacy presentation.pptx |
Wednesday Highlights
| Name | Location Name | Speakers | Additional Session Materials | Session Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Establishing a Sex Offender Recovery Home or Ministry | Capital Ballroom (1-4) | Amanda Coldiron - Oklahoma Alliance for Recovery Resources Ray Riddle - Hand Up Ministries, inc. | Establishing a Sex Offender Recovery Home or Ministry.pptx | |
| Current Implementation Of The Social Model: What Does It Look Like In Today's Recovery Housing | Capital Ballroom (5-8) | Jessica Ennis - Seed Sower Inc. Enid Osborne - USDHHS-SAMHSA-CSAT | 3. Social Model Panel - Enid from SAMHSA.docx |
