NARR was founded in 2011 by a group of organizations and individuals with vast experience inrecovery housing from across the country. From the beginning, NARR has been committed todeveloping and maintaining a national standard for all levels of recovery housing. The term “recoveryresidence” denotes safe and healthy residential environments in which skills vital for sustainingrecovery are learned and practiced in a home-like setting, based on Social Model principles. The Social Model is fundamental to all...
The Vermont Alliance for Recovery Residences (VTARR) maintains a central repository for concerns which can be accessed via the VTARR Website. Information on how to express a concern to VTARR shall be prominently displayed within each certified residence and on the VTARR website. Once a complaint is received, it will be assigned to a volunteer community liaison who, with the help of VTARR staff, will investigate the complaint and produce a report of findings with...
Operators and staff of residences certified as meeting NARR standards shall value and respect eachresident and put each individual’s recovery strengths and needs at the forefront of all decisionmaking. To meet this obligation, we adhere to the following principles . . . ...