Arts-based communities of recovery - phoenix houses of new york, through its brooklyn community recovery center, will implement the arts-based communities of recovery program to expand a proven,…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Phoenix Houses of New York Inc. $350,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.490) to implement the Arts-Based Communities of Recovery program.

Phoenix House will deliver peer recovery support services, artist-led creative workshops, borough-based recovery collectives, employment supports, and an annual public art exhibition across all five New York City boroughs through its Brooklyn Community Recovery Center. The program will serve 675 unduplicated adults with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders over the three-year performance period (175 in Year 1, 225 in Year 2, and 275 in Year 3). Services target adults aged 18 and older experiencing opioid, alcohol, and stimulant use disorders, frequently accompanied by depression, anxiety, and trauma-related conditions. The program applies SAMHSA's peer recovery support services model, delivered by certified recovery peer advocates with lived experience, and integrates evidence-informed creative arts activities designed to reduce stigma and strengthen long-term recovery. Performance and administrative oversight occur in Brooklyn, New York, with service delivery spanning the five boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island). The award period runs through September 29, 2029.

Arts-based communities of recovery - phoenix houses of new york, through its brooklyn community recovery center, will implement the arts-based communities of recovery program to expand a proven, peer-led, arts-based recovery model across all five new york city boroughs. Building on its FY 2022 bcor award, the program will serve 675 adults with substance use and CO-occurring disorders over three years through peer recovery support services, artist-led workshops, borough-based recovery collectives, employment supports, and an annual public art exhibition that reduces stigma and strengthens long-term recovery. Project name. Arts-based communities of recovery geographic area served. All five boroughs of new york city - bronx (bronx county), brooklyn (kings county), manhattan (new york county), queens (queens county), and staten island (richmond county). Population size and number to be served. The five-borough service area is home to 8,804,190 residents (2020 U.S. Census), of whom adults aged 18 and older represent approximately three-quarters. The program will serve 675 unduplicated adults over the three-year project period - 175 in year 1, 225 in year 2, and 275 in year 3. Age range and distribution. Adults aged 18 and older, spanning the full adult age range, concentrated among socioeconomically vulnerable adults in the city's highest-need neighborhoods. Clinical characteristics. Adults with substance use disorders (SUD) and CO-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD) - including opioid, alcohol, and stimulant use disorders and frequent CO-occurring depression, anxiety, and trauma-related conditions. Service needs center on non-clinical peer recovery support, recovery capital, and linkage to housing, employment, education, and treatment. Strategies and interventions. Samhsa's peer recovery support services (prss) evidence-based model, delivered by certified recovery peer advocates with lived experience, layered with evidence-informed, artist-led creative-arts engagement. Core activities include monthly, multi-session artist-led workshops; borough-based creative recovery collectives; an artist-in-residence program; trauma-informed recovery support services with warm-handoff linkage; recovery-ready workplace outreach and employment and education supports; tobacco cessation education and referrals; and an annual public art exhibition and documentary. Project goal. To expand and sustain peer-led, arts-based recovery support across all five boroughs - strengthening recovery capital, reducing isolation, and building lasting, community-owned recovery infrastructure for people with SUD and COD. Measurable objectives (aligned with samhsa's strategic priorities). (1) provide prss to 675 unduplicated adults over three years; (2) deliver monthly artist-led recovery workshops citywide; (3) establish at least one creative recovery collective in each of the five boroughs; (4) host an annual art exhibition reaching at least 1,000 community members and produce a participant-centered documentary; (5) strengthen the behavioral health workforce by advancing participants along the crpa certification pathway; (6) provide tobacco cessation education and referrals; and (7) participate in 100% of samhsa's quarterly virtual collaborative sessions.