Office of Recovery

The Office of Recovery’s role was established to evaluate and initiate policy, programs and services with a recovery focus and ensure the voices of individuals in recovery are represented. The Office will support the growth and expansion of recovery support services across the country.

A national clearinghouse and resource for recovery-oriented care across the mental health, substance use, and co-occurring domains, the Office promotes a recovery-oriented system of care working in partnership with recovery community leaders, tracking progress over time and identifying to resolve barriers to system transformation.

Initial objectives include:

  • Ensure that recovery is a guiding principle in SAMHSA’s policies, programs, and services.
  • Promote the involvement of people with lived experience throughout agency and stakeholder activities.
  • Identify health disparities in high risk and vulnerable populations and ensure equity for recovery support.
  • Foster relationships with internal and external organizations in the mental health and substance use recovery field.
  • Promote training and public education opportunities on recovery.
  • Explore opportunities to partner with the philanthropic and private sectors to support innovative programming to address disparities and advance recovery transformation.
  • Support implementation of any dedicated recovery resources to states for recovery support services.

Recovery Innovation Challenge

The Recovery Innovation Challenge seeks to identify innovations within the behavioral health community in advancing recovery, as defined by SAMHSA, at local and state levels particularly amid the changes caused by the ongoing overdose epidemic and current pandemic.

Last Updated: 05/20/2022