
WVARR
- WVARR Brochure – page 1
- WVARR Brochure – page 2
- WVARR FAQ 2022
- Recovery Residences – a Vital Resource
- Guide for Residents
- Guide for Clinical Professionals
- WV Code §16-59: Certification of Recovery Residences
- OHFLAC Registration for Recovery Residences
- OHFLAC Presentation – December 2024 WV PRSS & Recovery Housing Conference
- 2020 WV Recovery Housing Session Recordings
- 2025 PRSS & Recovery Housing Session Recordings (for those that registered)
WVARR Policies & forms
- WVARR Certification Preparation Packet 3.0 (4.1.2026)
- 7.22.22 WVARR Verification of Compliance Policy
- 7.22.2022 WVARR – Local Ordinance Verification of Compliance Form
- 7.7.2022 WVARR Revocation Policy
- 5.13.2022 WVARR Denial Appeal Policy
- 5.13.2021 WVARR Provisional Certification Policy
- 2.1.2025 WVARR New Residence Provisional Certification Policy
- WVARR Certification Renewal Extension Form
- WVARR Residence Closure Form
- WVARR Certification Application Withdrawal Form
- WVARR New Recovery Residence Operator Policy
National Alliance of Recovery Residences (NARR)
- NARR Website
- NARR Levels of Support
- NARR Code of Ethics
- NARR Standard 3.0
- NARR National Standard 3.0 Compendium
- Helping Recovery Residences Adapt to Medication-Assisted Recovery
- NARR White Paper
- A Primer on Recovery Residences
- Recovery Housing Briefing: Effectiveness, Challenges and Opportunities
- MAT Capable Recovery Residences: How State Policymakers Can Enhance & Expand Capacity to Support Medication Assisted Recovery
- NARR Ethical Policies Regarding Inducements
- NARR Ethical Policies Regarding Drug Testing
- NARR Calendar of events and trainings
- NARR hosts two monthly open calls for recovery residence operators:
- Monthly Open Call, 11:00 – noon EST, first Friday each month:The monthly call is open to all. The meeting offers a chance to learn about recent developments in the recovery housing field, but is devoted mostly to your questions and challenges. We welcome your questions and news updates about operations, policies, standards, ethical issues and other matters of concern. Click here for First Friday Open Call registration.
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Monthly Learning Community event, 3:30 – 5:00 PM EST, second Wednesday of each month: This event is dedicated primarily to showcasing and discussing best practices for the operation of recovery residences. Each session usually begins with a short guest presentation, followed by participant discussion. Click here for Wednesday Learning Community Call registration.
WV OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY
- WV ODCP Website
- 2025 WV County Snapshots
- Infographic: Treatment vs. Recovery Residences
- Informed Consent: Choose Your Own Treatment
- Fentanyl Test Strips
- WV Patient Brokering Act
- 2025 SUD Response Plan
- ODCP Data Dashboards
WV Resources
- Find Treatment or Recovery Support – HELP4WV or call 1-844-HELP4WV
- Employment Support – Jobs & Hope WV
- Legal Aid of WV – Substance Use Disorder Support
- Transportation for SUD services:
SAMHSA
- SAMHSA – National Hotline for Mental Health, Drug, and Alcohol Support – 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
- Demonstrating the Value of Recovery Residences – Technical Expert Panel Findings (SAMHSA)
- Recovery Housing: Best Practices & Suggested Guidelines
- Rights for Individuals on Medication Assisted Treatment
HUD
- HUD Recovery Housing Program
- HUD RHP Voucher Program (WVARR & WV CAD)
- HUD Recovery Housing Policy Brief
- HUD Fair Housing Planning Guide
- Joint Statement of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice: State and Local Land Use Laws and the Application of the Fair Housing Act
- Joint Statement of HUD and DOJ on Reasonable Accommodations
American Society of Addiction Medicine
- Public Policy Statement on Housing’s Role in Addressing Substance Use and Facilitating Recovery
- Infographic: Inclusion of Recovery Residences in the ASAM Criteria 2024
NARR Affiliate Resources
- Ohio Recovery Housing Best-Practice Guides:
- Medication Assisted Treatment and Recovery Housing
- Best Practices for Addressing NIMBY: Not In My Backyard
- Best Practices for Recovery Housing for Parents with Children
- Recovery Housing Development Guidebook (includes some Ohio-specific information*)
- Best Practices for Preventing and Addressing Relapses
- Best Practices for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Recovery Housing
SPECIAL POPULATIONS
- Rural Community Action Guide (ONDCP)
- Rural SUD Info Center
- ORH: Parents Living with Children in Recovery Housing
- ORH: Best Practices for Supporting Residents Returning to the Community from Incarceration
- ORH: Best Practices for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Recovery Housing
- Eating Disorders:
MEDICATION ASSISTED RECOVERY
- Helping Recovery Residences Adapt to Support People with Medication-Assisted Recovery (Center for Social Innovation)
- Rights for Individuals on Medication Assisted Treatment
- MAT Capable Recovery Residences: How State Policymakers Can Enhance & Expand Capacity to Support Medication Assisted Recovery
- Policy Guide on Medical Cannabis
FAIR HOUSING
- WV §16B-18: West Virginia Fair Housing Act
- HUD Fair Housing Planning Guide
- Joint Statement of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice: State and Local Land Use Laws and the Application of the Fair Housing Act
- Statement by Sara Pratt, Counsel, Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, Before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice: Examining Sober Living Homes
- Statement by Michael Allen, Partner Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC Before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice
- LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC POLICY ASSOCIATION – MODEL RECOVERY RESIDENCE CERTIFICATION ACT
- California “Group Home” Technical Advisory (2022)
- Recovery Housing 101 video
- WV Human Rights Commission
- If you feel you may be a victim of fair housing discrimination, please contact the Fair Housing Division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at 1 (800) 669-9777, or CLICK HERE to download a complaint form.
- To learn how to plan for fair housing, click here.
PATIENT BROKERING, INDUCEMENTS, FRAUD, AND EHICAL DRUG TESTING
- NARR – Ethical Policies Regarding Inducements
- WV ODCP – Patient Brokering Act
- Model Patient Protection & Treatment Ethics Act (2019)
- NARR – Ethical Policies Regarding Drug Testing
- United States Government Accountability Office: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, Information on Recovery Housing Prevalence, Selected States’ Oversight, and Funding
TRAINING & TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR RESIDENCE OPERATORS
- 2020 WV Recovery Housing Session Recordings
- Fletcher Group – Rural Center of Excellence
- Fletcher Group – Apply for free technical assistance
- Fletcher Group – Rural Recovery Housing Learning Portal
- Fletcher Group – Rural Recovery Housing Summit, June 8th-10th, 2022 (free!)
- Fletcher Group – SMART Recovery Initiative
- Fletcher Group – Contingency Management Initiative
- Fletcher Group – Archived Webinars
- Fletcher Group: Recovery House Handbook Templates
- WVrecoveryhousing.org: View Sessions from the 2022 WV Recovery Housing Conference
FUNDING & SUSTAINABILITY
- WV Funders and Foundations
- WV Bureau of Behavioral Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- WV Housing Development Fund
- WV HDF – Low Income Tax Credit
- HUD Recovery Housing Program
- HUD RHP Voucher Program (WVARR & WV CAD)
OUTCOMES
- Measuring recovery capital for people recovering from alcohol and drug addiction: A systematic review
- Recovery Home Environment Characteristics Associated with Recovery Capital (Polcin DL, Mahoney E, Witbrodt J, Mericle AA. )
- Motivation to maintain sobriety among residents of sober living recovery homes (Polcin and Korcha)
- Sober Living Houses for Alcohol and Drug Dependence: 18-Month Outcomes (Polcin DL, Mahoney E, Witbrodt J, Mericle AA. )
- Psychometric Properties of the Recovery Home Environment Scale (Polcin DL, Mahoney E, Mericle AA)
- Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform
- 2023 – Addiction Recovery Medical Home Alternative Payment Model (Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform)
RESEARCH
- Recovery Home Environment Characteristics Associated with Recovery Capital (Polcin DL, Mahoney E, Witbrodt J, Mericle AA. )
- Motivation to maintain sobriety among residents of sober living recovery homes (Polcin and Korcha)
- House Manager Roles in Sober Living Houses (Polcin, Mahoney, and Mericle)
- Sober Living Houses for Alcohol and Drug Dependence: 18-Month Outcomes (Polcin DL, Mahoney E, Witbrodt J, Mericle AA. )
- Psychometric Properties of the Recovery Home Environment Scale (Polcin DL, Mahoney E, Mericle AA)
- Distribution and Neighborhood Correlates of Sober Living House Locations in Los Angeles (Mericle AA, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Gupta S, Sheridan DM, Polcin DL)
- West Virginia Recovery Housing Financial Landscape Study Brief – Fletcher Group
- West Virginia Recovery Housing Financial Landscape – March 2025 – Fletcher Group
- Economic Calculator Report – West Virginia- March 2025 – Fletcher Group
OTHER RESOURCES
REPORTING & COMPLAINTS
- If you have a concern about a WVARR-certified residence, you can contact us by clicking here.
- If your concern pertains to a licensed clinical provider in the state of WV, a licensed behavioral health center, or other billing practice, please contact the WV Office of Health Facilities and Licensure (OHFLAC). To find out if a program has a valid OHFLAC license in the state of West Virginia, use this search tool. To file a complaint about an OHFLAC licensed program, click here.
- If you have a concern about Medicaid Fraud, please contact the WV Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Unit at 1-888-Fraud-WV (1-888-372-8398) or by clicking here. To learn more about what classifies as Medicaid Fraud, click here. Examples of Medicaid Fraud include:
- Remuneration to induce or reward patient referrals or the generation of business involving any item or service payable by Medicaid, known as a kickback
- Bribery
- Billing for unnecessary services
- Falsifying cost reports
- Mispresenting the qualifications of a licensed provider, known as falsifying credentials
- Billing for a service not actually performed, known as phantom billing
- Billing for a more expensive service than was actually rendered, known as upcoding
- Billing for several services that should be combined into one billing, known as unbundling
- Billing twice for the same service
- Dispensing generic drugs and billing for brand-name drugs
- If your concern pertains to wages, employment, or other labor-related issues, you can contact the WV Division of Labor by clicking here. For workplace safety concerns, click here.
- To report suspected SNAP fraud, please call (304) 558-1970 or visit the Investigations & Fraud Management Division (OIG) website by clicking here.
- If your concern pertains to human trafficking, please call 911 immediately. To learn more about human trafficking, please visit the Polaris National Human Trafficking Hotline or the WV Human Trafficking Taskforce. Other vital phone numbers are listed below:
- National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888 or Text “BeFree”: (233733)
- WV State Police Missing Children Clearinghouse: 1-800-352-0927
- You can report any suspicious activity pertaining to possible criminal, terrorist, or drug activity to the WV Fusion Center: 1-866-WVWATCH.
- WV Abuse and Neglect Hotline: 1-800-352-6513 or click here.
- Dept. of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations: (866) 347-2423
- FBI: (412) 432-4000