Programs
Empowering recovery, one program at a time
Every initiative we run is designed to break down barriers for individuals and families on their journey toward healing, stability, and purpose.
Outreach Peer Support
A Narcan network, and the people who built it
Outreach peers, funded by the managing entity Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, have built an extensive Narcan distribution network throughout Pinellas and Pasco Counties, with housing insecure support, direct homeless connections to care, and food insecurity support being addressed by the dedicated men and women creating and connecting recovery resources for the Tampa Bay Region.
Funded by
Now open — 1940 Central Ave, St. Petersburg
Introducing the Beloved Community Café
Located in downtown St. Petersburg, the café is a partnership of community altruism supported by the Recovery Café Network and in partnership with Good Samaritan Church.
Monday – Friday
Pay-what-you-can community meal
10am – 2pm
Join us for a meal, whoever you are and whatever you can give.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
The region's first recovery café program
3pm – 7pm
Participants attend weekly recovery circle meetings in a safe space to connect with local recovery resources, monitored by a dedicated outreach peer specialist.
We look forward to sharing our schedule of events for the 3–7pm program as we further develop this resource.
In partnership with
Peer Respite
Short-term stabilization, without the threshold
The Recovery Epicenter Foundation Peer Respite program, and its flagship Peer Respite center nicknamed the Catchers Mitt, is designed to provide short term stabilization for participants who do not meet the threshold for emergency medical care and do not have the means to check themselves into a private facility.
Since opening, the Catchers Mitt has provided short term stabilization and support to over 1,500 Florida citizens, with a 92% successful stabilization rate — mirroring traditional detox, treatment and acute care statistics.
Hillsborough Opioid Abatement Funded Project · 2026–2027
Get your CRRA, free
Free Certified Recovery Residence Administrator training: 100 hours of intensive learning where participants are given the tools to operate their own sober living homes by becoming proficient in the five modules.
Available until December 2027.
Training is provided by Dr. Richard Davila's Recovery 4 All and by Karyn Hurley and Scott Jones' One Brother One Sister. This is, in part, a research project — we are excited to be working with Dr. Timothy "Freeman" Gerhardt.
Free FARR certification for Hillsborough homes
To expand the number of Florida Association of Recovery Residences accredited beds throughout Hillsborough County, there is an opportunity for your level 2 or level 4 home to obtain initial certification free of charge, thanks to the Hillsborough Opioid Abatement funding.
For more information, contact us on 813-419-7095, the Florida Association of Recovery Residences on 561-299-0405, or through farronline.org.
Provided with
Advocacy
The 5% Campaign, and a voice for recovery
Through the >5% Campaign we reach into the community with resources and tools for people with a substance use disorder and their families — connection and inclusion regardless of use status, regular check-ins, and free Narcan, with the goal of reducing opioid overdose deaths in the regions we serve.
Our advocacy work engages elected officials, community leaders and the public to dismantle stigma. We support multiple pathways to recovery, and we endorse the Recovery Bill of Rights — dignity, equity and fairness for everyone in or seeking recovery.
Every month
Recovery Round Tables
We host a monthly meeting in each county we operate in, where stakeholders come together to reduce barriers to recovery across the Tampa Bay Region. The round tables have grown into their own collaborative alliance — the Recovery Roundtable, connecting recovery organizations, healthcare providers and community advocates.
Not sure which program fits?
Call 727-223-3453 and talk it through with a peer — someone who has been where you are.