Causes: Human Services

Mission: The organization provides peer-run and operated services, provides a unified voice for behavioral health consumers, and works to change and enhance a service delivery system which meets the needs and desires of the people they are charged to serve. The organization is a membership organization of recovering individuals.

Target demographics: Adults with Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use, & General Mental Health

Direct beneficiaries per year: 632 Members on their wellness journey

Geographic areas served: Arizona

Programs: Recovery empowerment network (REN) is a peer-run, licensed community service agency, staffed by those with lived experiences in the areas of behavioral health and substance use. Peer recovery specialists guide our members through the state healthcare systems, and provide training and resources to function on their own in society. This one-to-one and group peer service delivery sets REN apart from traditional treatment programs, leading to long-term skills, enhanced clinical value and greater personal independence. Partnership and empowerment serve as the foundation and philosophy for a person to live the life they choose. Opportunities offered to REN members range from individual and group including all dimensions of wellness focusing on the whole-person. Specialized programing include recovery support training az state certification, licensed heal your life workshops, empowerment centers, stanford healthy living workshop, hopes door crisis prevention diversion outreach, supported education, and others. Continued below