Nonantum Resort received its Recovery-Friendly Workplace (RFW) certification from New Hampshire, in April 2023, starting with a re-entry program to help people return to work after incarceration. Many of these individuals were in recovery from addiction. This program sparked a big change at the...
Now in its seventh year, the Recovery Oriented Campus Center (ROCC) at the University of Southern Maine (USM) continues to grow and expand. It promotes wellness and success for all students, but in particular, those in recovery.
“The program is based around overall recovery and...
Regaining financial control over one’s life is an important part of the recovery journey. However, people in recovery can have a difficult time getting a new checking or savings account with a financial institution due to poor money management habits from the past.
One of...
College is a time of personal growth and newfound independence. For many students, this period of experimentation includes exploring one’s relationship with substance use.
“The tight-knit relationship between college and alcohol and drug use dates back to the earliest years of the nation’s history,” says...
A bridge and a couple of miles are all that separate McAuley Residence in Portland from Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) in South Portland. But for the women of McAuley Residence, a two-generation residential program for women in substance use disorder recovery, getting to...
Washington County’s Recovery-Friendly Network
by Amy Paradysz
In a surprising turn, economists in Washington County, Maine, found that nearly 3,000 working-age people were missing from local employment figures. The question was, who were these people, and where were they?
A Deep Dive into the Data
“We did some...
