YPR's Story
YPR is a national nonprofit that provides peer recovery support services for youth and young adults in recovery—or who are seeking recovery—from substance use disorder. Our programs consist of community-based chapters; life-skills curriculum programs; and advocacy to reduce stigma and create more resources for recovery. By creating a national network of young people in recovery, YPR empowers young people to get involved in their communities and take charge of their futures.
YPR embraces all pathways to recovery including 12-step, faith-based, harm reduction, medication-assisted treatment, and others. YPR was formed in 2010 by young people in recovery (defined as under age 30) who wanted to help others. It was incorporated as a 501c3 effective 2013. YPR currently has 54 chapters in 19 states nationwide with new chapters launching throughout the year. Our first life-skill curriculum program, My Recovery Is EPIC, was launched in 2016. YPR now has three life-skills curriculum programs, including the Phoenix program for criminal justice-involved individuals and My Future Is EPIC for adolescents aged 14-18.
My Recovery is Epic
The EPIC program is a peer-led, life skills curriculum offered exclusively by Young People in Recovery to treatment centers and social service agencies to help people of all ages who struggle with addiction to drugs or alcohol or are in recovery from a substance use disorder. EPIC stands for:
E: engaged,
P: peer developed,
I: individualized,
C: community-centered.
Participants in the EPIC program improve their dedication to their individualized recovery program; are more engaged with a peer group that supports their recovery; and become better able to access resources that assist their recovery like housing, education, and employment.
Phoenix
The Phoenix program is a peer-led, life skills curriculum offered exclusively by Young People in Recovery to criminal justice organizations, drug courts, and other social service agencies to help people of all ages who have been involved with the criminal justice system and who struggle with addiction to drugs or alcohol or are in recovery from a substance use disorder. Participants in the Phoenix program improve their dedication to their individualized recovery program; are more engaged with a peer group that supports their recovery; and become better able to access resources that assist their recovery like housing, education, and employment.
My Future is Epic
The Future EPIC program is a life-skills curriculum program for 14- to 18-year-olds who are misusing substances, who are at high-risk for developing substance use disorder, or who already identify as being in recovery.
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