NRV Recovery Ecosystem

Program Overview

Addiction doesn’t happen in a vacuum, neither does recovery. Substance abuse disorders (SUDs) affect our entire community, impacting families and friends, healthcare, and our economy.

The NRV Recovery Ecosystem received $3.3 million in Opioid Abatement Authority funding to address the impacts of substance use disorder in our region, bringing together Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski counties, the city of Radford, and partnering service agencies. Focusing on prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction, together we will address the negative impacts of substance use disorders in our region.

Treatment, Recovery & Harm Reduction

• Expansion of medical and counseling services 

• Expanded peer recovery services

• Expansion of the recovery fitness model

• Harm reduction services and testing supplies

Prevention & Underlying Impacts

Teaming with NRCA, NRVSS, CFNRV, NRVCS, local governments, and schools, this funding tackles issues affecting communities and individuals in recovery.

• Education and prevention campaigns in schools 

• Trauma informed care (TIC) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) training 

• Transportation services for on-demand needs

• Assessment of supportive housing for the most vulnerable (unhoused and those in recovery)

• Study of adolescent treatment needs and options

How to be Involved

The work ahead will be implemented by many organizations and individuals and if you’d like to become more involved, please contact Holly Lesko, Director of Community Health at NRVRC (hlesko@nrvrc.org).