Training
Empowering Recovery Through Knowledge and Connection
Do you want to strengthen your own recovery, help others thrive, or advance professionally in recovery-related work?
Minnesota Recovery Connection (MRC) connects your lived experience with new knowledge and skills to help you build capacity, confidence, and community impact.
At MRC, training is more than instruction—it’s about connection. We honor your lived experience as a foundation for leadership and pair it with evidence-based learning, practical tools, and relational support to help you grow.
As Minnesota’s first and oldest Recovery Community Organization, MRC is a trusted, community-based leader in peer recovery education. Our trainings are designed to make ongoing recovery a more accessible experience for all—rooted in authenticity, cultural inclusion, and the lived wisdom of peers helping peers.
Peer Recovery Specialist Training
Our flagship Recovery Coach Academy (RCA) was the first peer recovery training offered in Minnesota. For over a decade, we’ve helped hundreds of individuals become certified Peer Recovery Specialists.
This immersive, week-long training is built on lived experience, empathy, and equity—and fulfills all educational requirements for certification while connecting you to a community of recovery leaders.
Continuing Education
Recovery is ongoing—and learning should be too. Whether you’re maintaining your Peer Recovery Specialist certification or deepening your professional practice, MRC offers a range of continuing education opportunities.
Each session blends evidence-based content with the lived experience and cultural humility that define effective peer support.
Telephone Recovery Support Training
Do you love helping others and sharing encouragement? Become a Telephone Recovery Support Volunteer.
This 4-hour training equips you to provide weekly, peer-to-peer connection and compassionate follow-up calls to people seeking recovery. Volunteers play a vital role in ensuring no one has to walk their recovery journey alone.
Capacity Building for Peer Recovery Support Services
Peer recovery support services strengthen outcomes and bridge gaps in care. Whether your organization is developing a new program or integrating Peer Recovery Specialists into existing systems, MRC can help.
We offer assessments, consulting, and custom trainings tailored to your team’s needs—ensuring your peer services are inclusive, effective, and sustainable.
For more information, contact Cynthia Garcia Magallanes.
When the journey is ongoing, the support should be too.
