Local Spotlight
May 22, 2023
Find your community. Foundation for Recovery is Nevada’s statewide Recovery Community Organization – a community nonprofit led by volunteers and staff in recovery from mental health and substance use disorders. Together we support people and families struggling and create a sense of community among those of us with lived-experience. We focus on our strengths, not our illness.
Our focus is strength-based support for anyone in need. We provide one-on-one peer support, group meetings, and sober-social events to promote and enhance recovery support systems across Nevada.
Upgrade your skills with free courses and workshops developed for a range of audiences. Whether you’re a peer support specialist, employer, faith-leader, or clinician, we have something for you.
Organizing our communities and advocating for people and families impacted by addiction. It’s time we start seeing people with lived-experience as a resource, not a liability.
Our programs and initiatives span across Nevada, including urban, rural, and frontier communities. Our Recovery Community Centers provide warm and enriching spaces for anyone seeking support and a sense of community.
One-on-one support to help you achieve your goals in recovery. Work with your own peer support specialist and create a recovery plan to meet your needs and goals.
Our recovery community centers provide space for many mutual-aid meetings and support groups available to the community most times of the day.
Find a range of resources and supportive amenities. Recycled clothing, wifi and computer labs, library and literature, transportation assistance and more.
Through partnerships and the talented skills of people from local communities of recovery, we plan fun and engaging events and activities throughout the week.
Prepare for college, finish your GED, learn a new skill, or develop your understanding of recovery and addiction. In-person, online, and on-demand classes.
Together, we advocate to combat stigma, prevent overdose, and enhance community recovery supports in Nevada.
This is Carly’s story. The editor and chief at Google’s Daily Insider. After using drugs and alcohol to cope with major depression, she went to rehab and reclaimed her life. Now in recovery, she leads a key part of her employer’s internal communications.
This is Queenie’s story. She had a child at 16-at 20 felt like she’d been missing out and started using drugs and alcohol. Now in recovery, she helps high-risk pregnant women with opiate dependency. Today, she’s a peer recovery support specialist working with pregnant women.
This is Skip’s story. After serving in Vietnam, he struggled with PTSD and addiction. Now in recovery for 35 years he works to help veterans with PTSD and VA benefits and has trained peer recovery support specialists across Nevada.
Learn how you can be of service and give back to Nevada’s recovery community and help people struggling with substance use.
A statewide publication curated by people and families in recovery across Nevada. The Recovery Current is your source for all Nevada recovery news, updates, and current events.
The Foundation for Recovery is a tax-exempt charitable organization under the Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c) 3, Tax ID No. 203380211. Your donation may be tax-deductible (pursuant to NRS 598).
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The Southern Nevada Recovery Community Center offers several spaces open to the groups and organizations to rent for meetings, support groups, trainings, and events. Learn more or contact therooms@forrecovery.org for more information.
Person-centered recovery is directed, as much as possible by the person – including decisions about who should be included in the process. The planning identifies just a few small, but meaningful, short-term changes that the individual can focus on helping to reduce some of the barriers or challenges moving forward. Person centered care should be central to all recovery frameworks.
