Program areas at VARR
Provides indigent bed funding to well-operated recovery residences programs througout Virginia.The team at VARR creates, monitors, evaluates, and continually improves recovery residence standards and measures of quality; accredits the recovery residences who meet criteria and standards of VARR; serves as a voice for social model recovery programs in Virginia, which includes recovery treatment programs that provide housing to clients and works to ensure ethical practices by members. VARR strives to maintain a forum for exchanging ideas, lending support, problem solving, and developing new and existing residential programs. It provides community education and member training that enhances competency and individual growth of residents, their families, and peer recovery supports along with facility staff, volunteers and others in the recovery community. VARR promotes recovery within the community and works to ensure quality and safe recovery residences through annual re-accreditation processes.
VARR Member Accreditation and Re-Accreditation: This set of standards is adopted from the National Alliance of Recovery Residences' guidelines, but has been refined by VARR's Board of Directors, in order to ensure the highest level of integrity is present. The accreditation process begins when the application is received in the VARR office. Upon receipt of application a site visit will be scheduled and performed by a member of the VARR staff or Board of Directors. No claims of approval can be made until the Standard Survey is completed and approved by VARR Board of Directors.
Provides a program for managing Virginia's state opioid response measures.VARR strives to ensure integrity of Virginia's recovery residences and the program services they provide to addicts and alcoholics in need. VARR recognizes that recovery takes time, and that residential support has many facets, yet residences are required to follow standards and best practices. VARR affirms the necessity of a continuum of care to adequately address the total needs of the addicted community, of which housing is a large component in the continuum.
Substance Abuse Block Grant programAllows the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to partner with the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences (VARR) to administer Subawards to 18 Peer Recovery Community Organizations for the purpose of hiring and funding full-time and wage peer recovery personnel. This agreement will also include funding for 5-year access to a Learning Management System (LMS) produced and managed by Recovery Outcomes Institute, and funding for VARR to host the annual NARR Best Practices Summit in Richmond, VA.