RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

For more information about Recovery Community Organizations, visit:

Peer Recovery Center of Excellence: Peer recovery support, and recovery community

Faces & Voice of Recovery: recovery community, Advocacy, Recovery data platform, National Recovery institute

Building Connection. Uplifting Every Pathway.

Established in 2010, Minnesota Recovery Connection (MRC) was Minnesota’s first Recovery Community Organization (RCO)—a trusted, peer-led resource dedicated to making ongoing recovery a more accessible experience for all.

RCOs are independent, nonprofit, and non-clinical organizations led and governed by people in recovery, their families, friends, and allies. Rooted in lived experience, they bring a human touch to the recovery landscape—bridging the gaps between systems of care, communities, and individuals seeking lasting recovery.

What Makes RCOs Unique

RCOs honor all pathways to recovery and respect every individual journey. They are not treatment providers; rather, they exist to fill the spaces that traditional systems of care often miss. While treatment addresses immediate clinical needs, RCOs provide the ongoing, community-based connection—the “primary care” for sustained recovery.

At MRC, we believe recovery is relational. Our work strengthens long-term recovery outcomes by ensuring that no one has to navigate this journey alone.

Our Mission in Action

Minnesota Recovery Connection carries out the mission of a true RCO through three interconnected functions:

Peer-to-Peer Recovery Support Services
Real connection. Real understanding. Our certified peer recovery specialists and volunteers walk alongside individuals and families—offering compassion, accountability, and access to the resources that sustain long-term recovery.
Public Education
We advance understanding of substance use disorder as a chronic but manageable health condition. Through storytelling, outreach, and training, we reduce stigma and build communities that are informed, empathetic, and recovery-friendly.
Advocacy
We amplify the voices of people in recovery to influence systems and policies that create equitable access to care, compassion, and opportunity. From local engagement to state and national advocacy, we’re dedicated to removing barriers and shaping a society where recovery can thrive.

Why It Matters

RCOs like MRC serve as ongoing partners for ongoing recovery. We’re here to make recovery visible, valued, and supported—ensuring that every individual, regardless of background or pathway, can find the community and care they need to sustain healing.

Because when the journey is ongoing, the support should be too.