NARR was founded in 2011 by a group of organizations and individuals with vast experience in
recovery housing from across the country. From the beginning, NARR has been committed to
developing and maintaining a national standard for all levels of recovery housing. The term “recovery
residence” denotes safe and healthy residential environments in which skills vital for sustaining
recovery are learned and practiced in a home-like setting, based on Social Model principles. The Social Model is fundamental to all levels of recovery residences. Social Model philosophy promotes norms
that reinforce healthy living skills and associated values, attitudes, and connection with self and
community for sustaining recovery. NARR Standard 3.0 operationalizes the Social Model across four
Domains, 10 Principles, 31 Standards and their individual rules. The Standard is tailored to each of
NARR’s four levels. Version 3 of the NARR Standard does not introduce any operational rules that are
not already included in Version 2. Rather, it restates them in a more logical way that improves clarity
and eliminates some redundant language.