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YPR | Young People in Recovery

We envision a world where all young people in or seeking recovery reach their maximum potential.

Our mission is to promote continuous abstinence and improved quality of life for young people in, or seeking,

recovery. We share our lived experience to educate, advocate and collaborate.

What is Recovery?

Endless possibilities

Freedom

Better Decisions

Choices

Renewed relationships

ServiceGetting my life back

Self-awareness

Staying out of trouble

History & Formation of YPR• The Birth of YPR

– “Engage a broad cross-section of young people to further define the essential elements of a recovery oriented system of care”

• Advocacy– YPR officially began steering

its efforts towards advocacy in November 2012.

– Engaging YPRs in becoming active citizens is how we fulfill our mission.

Overall Objectives

Grassroots

How We Do It

• Educate

-Resources, Lived Experience, Presentations

•Advocate-Conduct Forums, Write letters and make noise!

•Collaborate-Partnerships

YPR National Council

• Represent YPR within their state

• Mobilize the young recovery community

• Attend events and conferences

• Coordinate training for YPRs

• Lead the movement locally

• Represent the movement nationally

• 25 member council

YPR Chapters

• Our vehicle to ignite change

• Organize our community locally

• Mobilize our community in strategic action

• Indirectly provide peer-to-peer support

YPR and Prevention

• Valuable lived experience– Adds credibility

– Insider info

• Brainstorm together

– What would of helped you?

– What ended up working?

How to Support YPR

• Find and connect a local Young Person in Recovery from your community who would like to start a YPR chapter us!

• Organize the family and friends of YPRs to support YPR and not infringe upon their creative process.

• Bring YPR to the table as more than the “token” youth.

• Request that Young People in Recovery in your community speak about the solution rather than glamorize our addiction

Building Recovery Community

• YPR believes there are essential components needed to support us in our local communities.

– College Recovery Programs on every college campus

– Recovery High Schools or High School Programs

– Recovery Community Centers

– Adequate Recovery Housing

– Billable peer-to-peer support services

How to Spread the Word

• Follow us on Social Media

• Connect young people to us

• Visit our website

• Engage the YPRs in your community

Contact YPR

info@youngpeopleinrecovery.org

www.youngpeopleinrecovery.org

Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube, Reddit, Instagram

Recovery Community Services

– These are places that provide:

• Social gatherings NOT 12 step meetings

• Life Skill training NOT 1-on-1 counseling

• Mentoring NOT sponorship

• A focus on recovery NOT on addiction

• Safe housing NOT structured sober housing

• Launching pad to teach active citizenship NOT having people unaffected by the disease of addiction making all of the decisions within NJ for us.

What we know

• We already know it costs $18,000 to effectively treat a young person and $50,000 to house them in prison per year

• Investing $200,000 for a thousand young people in New Jersey so that they STAY in recovery instead of falling back into the system saves money and saves lives.

• This will never happen if someone doesn’t do it. We’re here to tell you that it needs to happen for our community.

What we need

• $50,000 to support YPR-NJ.• $25,000 planning grant for recovery community

centers.• $50,000 seed grant to build a free standing

recovery community center. • $25,000 seed grant to start a state-wide job fair

for young people in recovery.• $50,000 seed grant to build a freestanding

collegiate recovery community so students from any educational institution may have adequate and supportive housing.