Peer Recovery Specialists help a person become ready and willing to enter recovery by helping the person explore their options for recovery. Peer Recovery Specialists ask questions, offer insight, and help service recipients as they become whole, resourceful, and capable of choosing what is best for them. Peer Recovery Specialists

Recovery Is Happening has been providing Telephone Recovery Support (TRS) calls to individuals that are in or seeking recovery from substance use challenges since 2014. TRS is an innovative, peer-to-peer support service. Staff and trained volunteers that are in recovery themselves, make weekly calls to “check in” on their recovery.

Recovery Is Happening provides confidential Chemical Health Assessment, On-Demand.  Time is of the essence for those suffering from substance use challenges and at Recovery Is Happening we utilize the window of opportunity by removing the barriers that keep people from seeking help. Our assessor is available for walk-in assessments at

In partnership with the local recovery housing organizations, our Strong Start Housing program provides rental assistance to people accessing Peer support or Intensive Outpatient Treatment from Recovery Is Happening. This program is made available through grant funding from the Olmsted Medical Center, the Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation, the United