Build the skills to support recovery in your community.
Center for Health Impact (CHI) prepares Recovery Coaches to provide compassionate, culturally responsive support to individuals living with or recovering from substance use disorders.
Since 2019, CHI has trained more than 180 Recovery Coaches using the gold-standard Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) Recovery Coach Academy curriculum, with training offered in English and Spanish.
Spring Session 2024: Registration Is Open
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Learn with Alex Fidalgo
CHW, CARC, TACIII | Bilingual, CCAR-Credentialed Instructor
CHI’s Recovery Coach Training is led by Alex Fidalgo, a highly experienced bilingual instructor who brings cultural awareness and a trauma-informed approach to recovery coach education.
Working alongside bilingual CHI staff, Alex guides participants through interactive learning, practical skills exercises, and locally relevant resources. His approach prepares trainees to support multicultural and multilingual communities with confidence, compassion, and respect.
Make a Difference in Your Community
Recovery Coaches support individuals across different cultures, ages, and stages of recovery. They may work alongside healthcare and behavioral health providers, social workers, outreach workers, and crisis teams.
Recovery coaching can take place in a variety of settings, including:
- Peer recovery centers
- Hospitals and outpatient programs
- Police departments and crisis response programs
- Senior centers and services
- Community outreach and street outreach programs
Our Commitment to Health Equity
Since 1982, CHI has strengthened the frontline health workforce and advanced health and language equity across Massachusetts.
We recruit and support trainees from communities that are underrepresented in the health workforce, including Black, Indigenous, and other people of color. We value the lived experiences, language skills, and community connections participants bring to their work.
Our Recovery Coach Training reflects this commitment by preparing participants to serve diverse communities with compassion, respect, and cultural understanding.
Interested in Recovery Coach Training?
Contact Center for Health Impact to learn about upcoming training dates, language options, and registration.
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