In collaboration with over a dozen community organizations, substance use and prevention programs, and law enforcement agencies, the Oklahoma Citizen Advocates for Recovery and Treatment Association (OCARTA), through Sister to Sister, will implement the first peer recovery support services in Oklahoma County for women in all stages of recovery and their children.

The goals of Sister to Sister are to help women in recovery develop self-sufficiency and improve family functioning. Working in conjunction with a trained Peer Leader, each peer member will develop an individualized Peer Recovery Plan for entrance to the program. Services will be delivered through The Recovery Zone, a clubhouse-type environment where women in recovery can socialize and access services in a child-friendly setting. The project will provide these women with a number of emotional, informational, affiliational, and instrumental supports that include: (1) one-on-one peer mentoring in support of family unification; (2) life and jobs skills training, (3) parenting education; (4) childcare, (5) transportation assistance; and (6) family-oriented recreational and social activities and other sober activities.