Coaches deployed to help addicts on path to recovery

Recovery coaches will help people by creating individual recovery plans, helping Albertans experiencing addiction to navigate and integrate back into their communities and build healthy support systems.

The Alberta Addiction Service Providers Association received nearly $1 million to train and deploy recovery coaches in Calgary.

Recovery coaches will engage with people where they are at their most vulnerable. In and around city parks, shelters, hospital emergency rooms, city jails and correctional facilities are places recovery coaches will be deployed.

The recovery coaching program will train people who are in long-term recovery to help other Albertans struggling with addiction get well. This could include finding a sponsor, supporting treatment options and finding connections to community partners that help with housing, employment and more.

A mixture of professional and volunteer coaches will begin engaging with the community in October. The goal is to expand the program throughout the province in the coming years.

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