RCO Admin
What Does Management Look Like?
Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs) offer the broader structure and support to a network of recovery community centers (RCCs) and their recovery services. Knowing how to start an RCO and lead this work may not be obvious. This page helps to break some of those complicated pieces down—providing context on what an RCO is, as well as how to manage your own.
On this page, you'll find resources that discuss the key elements of Recovery Community Organizations. You can find the resources on this topic and a description of each item in the list below. You can click on the title of the resource to jump down to it on the page, or simply scroll down to see previews of each resource.
Available Resources
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Videos
- CCAR Spills the Tea - Webinar (~1 hr)
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Articles and Blogs
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Recovery Iowa Resources
- Recovery Ready Community Index (1 page)
- Interviews with National Leaders (1 page)
- National RCC and RCO Registry (1 page)
Video: CCAR Spills the Tea
In this short Webinar, Phil Valentine and Yolibel Lebrón share insider insight (i.e. "spill the tea") on what it takes to run an RCO. They cover Administration, Finances, Hiring Practices and several other topics.
Articles and Blogs
This short article discusses advice from fifteen members of the Forbes Nonprofit Council surrounding the 'Lean Start-Up' mentality. Largely, this model focuses on making the most out of your resources.
This article discusses Capacity Building: a key method that nonprofits can use to optimize their work and fulfill their goals. Here, capacity Building can take several different forms—anything from fundraising to internal admin work.
Click the title to download this resource, which provides a sample document for establishing partnership with a hospital's emergency department.
This article from CCAR discusses what it means to be an RCO. This is done by discussing the background, core values, primary missions, and regulations that RCOs must work under. This article is great for anyone who would like to know more about RCOs.
Recovery Iowa Resources
On Recovery Iowa, we have several one-page flyers that discuss RCOs and their related topics. While we've listed out some specific one-pagers for you to visit below, we invite you to visit our Science of Recovery: Quick Reads page to learn more about other research we've done regarding recovery.