Peer Recovery Specialist Training
February 5 @ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
$650
Turn Your Lived Experience Into Impact
Are you passionate about recovery and supporting others on their journey? MnPRA’s Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS) Training equips individuals with lived experience to provide ethical, trauma-informed, and person-centered peer support across communities.
If you’re ready to walk alongside others, strengthen recovery systems, and use your story to create change—this training is for you.
This certification serves a unique role in the recovery community- allowing you to develop and refine your skills, while providing life changing support for clients. Use your lived experience and personal journey to provide hope to others.
The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© is a 5-day intensive training academy focusing on providing individuals with the skills needed to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sustain long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs. Provided in a retreat like environment, the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© prepares participants by helping them to actively listen, ask really good questions, and discover and manage their own stuff. This educational program is approved by NAADAC.
*Cost & Invoice Info
- Training Fee: $650
➤ You will receive an invoice after registration
➤ Your spot is not confirmed until payment is received - Training Manual: $75 (participant must purchase)
- Scholarships: Limited and awarded on a first come, first serve basis
Requirements for this course:
- High School Diploma
- In recovery or personal lived experience with substance use disorder
- At least 1 year of sobriety
- A heart for encouraging others
- Attend all training hours
- Obtain supervisor permission
Course Schedule: Spring 2026
- Thursdays | 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- February 5, 2026
- February 12, 2026
- February 19, 2026
- February 26, 2026
- March 5, 2026
This is a 46-hour course, ALL HOURS MUST be attended to become eligible for certification testing.
This training is run virtually with cameras on:
Questions?
Contact: Sa*********@***ra.org