Peer Recovery Training Classes

Use your experience in addiction and recovery to gain a professional job helping others. Join Catholic Charities of Baltimore and train to become a guide, mentor, and support for others who want long-term recovery from alcohol or drug addiction. Choose from our list of Peer Recovery Training programs and classes below.

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy Training
Ethics for Peers
Unhoused Heroes: Outreach and Recovery Training

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© Training

Become a certified peer recovery coach through Catholic Charities of Baltimore and get on the path to becoming a peer recovery specialist through this MABPCB approved training. The program includes two weekends of classroom instruction covering 30 CEUs.

When you complete this intensive five-day CCAR Recovery Coach Academy©, you will be able to:

Describe the recovery coach role and functions
List the components, core values and guiding principles of recovery
Build skills to enhance relationships
Explore many dimensions of recovery and recovery coaching
Discover attitudes about self-disclosure and sharing your story
Understand the stages of recovery
Describe the stages of change and their applications
Increase awareness of culture, power and privilege
Address ethical and boundaries issues
Experience recovery wellness planning

Classes for 2026 are held April 11, 12, 18, 19 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Must attend all four dates to complete.

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Ethics for Peers

This is an MABPCB approved training with Catholic Charities. Catholic Charities serves children, families, seniors, people living in poverty, and individuals struggling with substance use at 80 programs at over 200 locations throughout Maryland.

Participants of this course will be able to:

Understand the role of ethics and its importance as a peer recovery coach
Learn the importance of setting boundaries
Demonstrate the role ethics play in the decision making process
Develop an awareness of issues like bias, confidentiality and commonly occurring ethical scenarios

Registration for Spring 2026 classes is now full. Please check back for updates on additional offerings.

Unhoused Heroes: Outreach and Peer Recovery with Veterans

According to NIDA, 11% of those presenting for care at the Veteran’s Administration are diagnosed with substance use disorder, a much higher rate than the general population. Rates of Chronic Homelessness, as defined by Congress, are twice as high among veterans than the general population. Despite decades of efforts from the VA and extensive media coverage of drug use and housing insecurity among veterans, substance use continues to rise among veterans and active military.

Participants of this course will be able to:

Compare rates of SUD an Mental Health in veteran and civilian population
Understand the internal and external barriers Veterans face when seeking treatment
Demonstrate an understanding of PTSD, transference and counter-transference as it applies to veterans
Identify and describe resources for veterans, including those who do not have access to the Veterans Administration
Understand the effects of military culture on both addiction and recovery
Demonstrate an ability to effectively engage with veterans using motivational interviewing and trauma-informed care