This study profiles 16 AmeriCorps grantees that received Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) funding in 2017 and 2018 to address the opioid epidemic.
These grantees all proposed to use recovery coach program models utilizing AmeriCorps members as recovery coaches/navigators to guide and support those suffering from opioids addiction through the recovery process.
The characteristics of these programs, their commonalities, and their differences are examined in this study. Additionally, emerging findings about these programs based on key informant interviews conducted with a sample of program staff and AmeriCorps recovery coaches are documented.
Finally, the results of the case studies and data collected through interviews and project document reviews inform a set of preliminary programmatic and evaluation/measurement recommendations aimed to strengthen these programs and build their evidence-base in the future.
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Program/Intervention
Recovery Coach Program Model
Implementing Organization
CNCS Office of Research and Evaluation
Intermediary(s)
ADMH HOOP, CARITAS, CFS, City of Richmond HSC, DRP, Harbor Homes, Healthy Acadia, Maggie’s Place, Marshfield Clinic RF, MHMH, Mercy Health, NYC Office of the Mayor, PAARI, Reading & Math Inc, Rio Arriba County, Rural Health Network of South Central NY
AmeriCorps Program(s)
AmeriCorps State and National
Age(s) Studied
13-17 (Adolescent)
18-25 (Young adult)
26-55 (Adult)
55+ (Older adult)
Focus Population(s)/Community(s)
Rural
Urban
Outcome Category
Housing
Employment
Access to care
Benefit to national service members/volunteers
Study Type(s)
Case Study or Descriptive
Researcher/Evaluator
CNCS Office of Research and Evaluation
Published Year
2020
Study Site Location (State)
Alabama