Navigating COVID-19: CAPRSS conducts first virtual site visit
10/05/2020: During this time of national pandemic the Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services is committed to supporting the health and well being of the accreditation candidates, site reviewers and all those providing and receiving PRSS. We encourage all providers to follow guidelines and practices for keeping their communities safe and healthy.
We are the Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services
CAPRSS is the culmination of years of work by recovery community advocates and allies, who work every day to secure, promote and provide pathways to long-term recovery for millions of Americans, their families and their communities.
We commit to provide asset-based accreditation (TM) that is (1) based on recovery principles; (2) fair, balanced, contemporary, and focused on the “real world”; (3) inclusive of information and data from peers, leadership, and the recovery community served; (4) respectful and authentic; (5) designed around organizational function and mission; and (6) based on strengths, opportunities for improvement, and emerging evidence-based practices.
Our Mission
Identify and support excellence in the delivery of peer recovery support services and other activities by recovery community organizations (RCOs) and qualifying programs.
Our Philosophy
The Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services (CAPRSS) is the only accrediting body in the US specifically for recovery community organizations (RCOs) and other programs offering addiction peer recovery support services (PRSS).
CAPRSS offers a recovery-oriented accreditation program that:
- helps emerging and established RCOs and peer programs to build capacity;
- improves the performance of organizations and programs providing peer services by setting and measuring the achievement of standards; and
- increases accountability of peer services providers to funders, the public, and the field.
CAPRSS is the culmination of years of work by recovery community advocates and allies, who work every day to secure, promote and provide pathways to long-term recovery for millions of Americans, their families and their communities.
CAPRSS takes an “accreditation plus” philosophical approach, viewing accreditation as more than the evaluation and approval of organizations or programs based on a set of standards. Offering a process that promotes capacity-building and the achievement of excellence within organizations from beginning to end, CAPRSS offers services for:
- emerging organizations seeking information and resources to develop their programs;
- established organizations looking to improve depth, breadth, scope, and quality of the peer services they provide, and preparing to seek accreditation;
- “accreditation-ready” organizations applying for accreditation;
- accredited organizations; and
- state and other governmental entities seeking to support and assure the quality of peer recovery support services within their jurisdiction.
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