Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery - OCAAR

12/31/2025

Big news for recovery! 
The SUPPORT Act has been reauthorized renewing vital programs for peer support, recovery housing, and workforce development. Funding decisions are next, so advocacy matters! 
Read the full update: https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/december-monthly-policy-update-3/ 

12/17/2025

GIVE YOUR EXPERT OPINION!! Lived experience matters!!!

📬 Just a few days left to complete the FVR Feedback Survey! Your feedback helps guide our future direction and ensures we’re meeting the needs of our community. Don’t miss your chance to be heard. ⏱️ bit.ly/FV2025Survey

12/12/2025

One week until Ladies Only Glow-Up Night.
Saturday, December 13 at 6:00 PM.
Free beauty services, Mary Kay samples, photos by Janna, and food. ⭐

12/05/2025

*****EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY*****

12/02/2025

Please visit https://www.ocaar.org/getinvolved/seeds to donate now and help us grow recovery in Ohio.

Every gift—big or small—nurtures the voices of people with lived experience, strengthens advocacy, and ensures that recovery support services continue to flourish statewide. When you give, you’re planting the seeds that help individuals and families recover, connect, and find long-term healing.

12/01/2025

From all of us at OCAAR, we wish you a safe, healthy, and joyful holiday season.
Thank you for standing with us—supporting recovery, uplifting lived experience, and helping build healthier communities across Ohio. Your commitment makes recovery possible and strengthens the work we do statewide.

11/29/2025

Donate today and help plant the seeds of recovery that grow into lasting change. Visit www.ocaar.org

Your gift to OCAAR helps us amplify the voices of people in recovery, strengthen peer support across Ohio, and drive policies that build healthier communities.

Every donation—big or small—helps us fulfill our mission!

11/28/2025

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🛝 Join us as we unveil our new playground, generously provided by 100 Women Strong OHIO, on Saturday, November 29th at 2:00 PM!

🚒 Enjoy cookies, hot chocolate, face painting, a fire truck and police car visit, and plenty of playtime for the kids!

⭐ We’re excited to welcome Lakemore Mayor, Rich Cole, for the ribbon cutting—come celebrate community and fun with us! Bring the family!

See you there!

11/28/2025

Join us for a FREE course of the essential aspects of budgeting and accounting practices in non-profit organizations. Earn 3 CEUs! Register now:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sOGw7ZEIQm2oFtDcp0a6bA #/registration

11/26/2025

Register now! Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery is excited to offer Ohio's Recovery Peer Support Booster Program! This 7 module series, presented over 2 days in December, will equip and empower peers to take their peer support to the next level!
Register here: https://ow.ly/OAol50XwWg7