Causes: Health, Mental Health, Substance Abuse Dependency, Prevention & Treatment
Mission: Foundation for Recovery (FFR) actively promotes the positive impact of addiction recovery in the community, and works to create opportunities for those in recovery. FFR provides peer-based support services to affected individuals, their families and friends.
Target demographics: Adults and young adults seeking long-term recovery from addiction.
Geographic areas served: Las Vegas/Clark County, Nevada
Programs: FFR’s programs include:
•A free Peer Recovery Center, currently the only location for peer recovery support services in Nevada, where individuals can receive recovery support, access to vital community resources and agencies, parenting classes, GED review, wellness information, and access to computers, phones and employment resources.
•Nevada’s only Peer Recovery Coach training program, a four-day intense training for members of the recovery community who want to serve as a mentor and guide to others who are new in recovery or contemplating recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. Up to 60 people a year can be certified as recovery coaches through this program.
•Low-cost meeting space for 12-step fellowships and other support groups. “The Rooms, ” located centrally in Las Vegas, are available for meetings 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days a year. Over 2,300 support group meetings are conducted at our facility annually.
•HYPER (Helping Young People Experience Recovery), a youth-led initiative that advocates for recovery by providing information, peer support, promoting healthy choices for adolescents and young adults. FFR established Southern Nevada’s first Collegiate Recovery Center program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2012.
•The Southern Nevada Recovery Resource Directory, a comprehensive guide to community resources distributed at no cost to non-profits, medical facilities, law enforcement, social service agencies, veteran groups, courts, educators and counselors.
•Workshops and trainings on addiction-related topics
Mission: Foundation for Recovery (FFR) actively promotes the positive impact of addiction recovery in the community, and works to create opportunities for those in recovery. FFR provides peer-based support services to affected individuals, their families and friends.
Target demographics: Adults and young adults seeking long-term recovery from addiction.
Geographic areas served: Las Vegas/Clark County, Nevada
Programs: FFR’s programs include:
•A free Peer Recovery Center, currently the only location for peer recovery support services in Nevada, where individuals can receive recovery support, access to vital community resources and agencies, parenting classes, GED review, wellness information, and access to computers, phones and employment resources.
•Nevada’s only Peer Recovery Coach training program, a four-day intense training for members of the recovery community who want to serve as a mentor and guide to others who are new in recovery or contemplating recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. Up to 60 people a year can be certified as recovery coaches through this program.
•Low-cost meeting space for 12-step fellowships and other support groups. “The Rooms, ” located centrally in Las Vegas, are available for meetings 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days a year. Over 2,300 support group meetings are conducted at our facility annually.
•HYPER (Helping Young People Experience Recovery), a youth-led initiative that advocates for recovery by providing information, peer support, promoting healthy choices for adolescents and young adults. FFR established Southern Nevada’s first Collegiate Recovery Center program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2012.
•The Southern Nevada Recovery Resource Directory, a comprehensive guide to community resources distributed at no cost to non-profits, medical facilities, law enforcement, social service agencies, veteran groups, courts, educators and counselors.
•Workshops and trainings on addiction-related topics
3321 N. Buffalo Dr. Suite 225, Las Vegas, NV 89129
702-257-8199
Health
Las Vegas
