usara’s partners
Building a Resourceful Community
We build partnerships with national organizations, Utah-based organizations, and a diverse group of funders to support the breadth and depth of our offerings. Our partnerships are critical to our advocacy efforts, often providing feedback and policy and practice that affects Utah’s Recovery systems.
Learn more about these partners below.
National Partners
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA is charged with improving the quality and availability of treatment and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and the cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
Faces & Voices of Recovery
Faces & Voices of Recovery is the nation’s leading recovery advocacy organization promoting policies that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.
Partnership to End Addiction
Partnership to End Addiction is committed to finding, promoting, and enacting the necessary solutions to end America’s deadly addiction crisis. They strive to provide families, employers, medical leaders, and passionate individuals with the tools they need to succeed and to remove the stigma of addiction, replacing shame and despair with hope and compassion.
Recovery Research Institute
The Recovery Research Institute is a leading nonprofit research institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, dedicated to the advancement of addiction treatment and recovery.
Statewide Partners
Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH)
The Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) oversees the publicly funded prevention and treatment system. If you, a friend, or family member is struggling with a mental health problem or a problem with alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs, there is help available.
Utah Health Policy Project (UHPP)
Utah Health Policy Project (UHPP) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advancing sustainable health care solutions for underserved Utahns through better access, education, and public policy.
NAMI Utah
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI Utah’s mission is to ensure the dignity and improve the lives of those who live with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy.
Local & Regional Partners
Salt Lake County Behavioral Health Services
Salt Lake County Behavioral Health Services works to ensure access to evidence-based treatment practices throughout the community and appropriate community-based services that provide support along the road to recovery and healing. The results of our efforts are improved outcomes for individuals and families, and a stronger and healthier community.