1. Building a CRC From Scratch: The UA Experience

2. Presenters Greg Snodgrass Jack Sykstus MSW
Executive Director of UA’s CRC
Jack Sykstus
B.S.
Graduate Assistant for UA’s CRC

3. Acknowledgements
Our goal is to simply relay the experience that has been effective at UA’s CRC. Not all of these experiences will be the same, yet we hope to help growing CRC’s be sharing our solution to question when building a CRC on compus

4. Acknowledgements
We want to acknowledge Texas Tech University and their CRC for giving us the replication model that we have utilized at UA. Due to their ideas and development we have been able to implement the current program we have today.

5. Presentation Breakdown
Effectively communicating recovery language
Physical space: What to look for and why

6. Presentation Breakdown (Continued)
Recruitment & resource: Creating fellowship in a CRC
Finances
Endowment
Fundraising
Giving
Dedicated employees

7. Effectively Communicating Recovery Language

8. Communicating Recovery Language
Recovery Language versus University Language
Important to learn to navigate university setting for CRC/CRP growth
Using terms “Recovery” and “Abstinence” versus terms “sobriety” “addict” “addiction” “clean” “alcoholic”

9. Communicating Recovery Language
The term “addiction” can be vague and confusing, causing misinformation and negative attitudes to proliferate (Hellman, 2010).
Using precise language can help reduce confusion and stigma
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10. Communicating Recovery Language
Communicating Need for CRC’s
Expressing need without implication
Stressing the importance of CRC’s being not treatment

11. Communicating Recovery Language
Focus on Programming/Retention
Graduation rates
GPA
Seminar
Student Driven
Matching the universities’ mission and vision to our vision and mission

12. Physical Space

13. Physical Space
UA’s facilities offer a safe space for students to find fellowship with students in recovery
Finding a space requires a combined effort on behalf of administration and CRC staff

14. Physical Space Our space is designed to address 3 needs: Study Staff
Computer lab
Large tables
Cabinets
Printers
Staff
Receptionist Desk

15. Physical Space Lounge area 2 phone lines Staff room
One for staff
One for receptionist desk
Staff room
3 computers
WHITE NOISE MAKERS
Locking file cabinets
Shared drive for easy access
Lounge area
There are two lounge areas
Main room is used for Seminars
Back room is use for meetings with students

16. Physical Space
UA’s facilities offer a safe space for students to find fellowship with students in recovery
Finding a space requires a combined effort on behalf of administration and CRC staff
Community is fostered among students in this space

17. Physical Space Security Building Access Confidential information
UA uses student ID cards to give them building access (ACT Cards). Student have to be given student access to be let in the building.
Confidential information
Student Worker Logins and access
Locked file cabinets in the office

18. Recruitment and Resources

19. Recruitment and Resources
CRCs play a role in student development by helping refer to the many resources on campus.
Due to budgeting constraints on UA’s CRC, we have learned how to form relationships with various student resources

20. Recruitment and Resources
Resources we have connected with:
Office of Disability Services
Additional Test Time
Marketing Resources
Student Health Center
Health promotion and Wellness
Easy access to the clinic
Academic Advisors
Trying to put students in classes together
Deans of Colleges
Partnership
Student Affairs

21. Recruitment and Resources
These various departments work together with the UA CRC to give our students the resources they need.
Utilizing the various resources on a campus helps reduce stressors in CRC members

22. Recruitment and Resources
Recruiting students for the CRC is an important aspect of growth
Developing relationships with treatment centers
Abstinent based!
Focus on centers with same values and mission
The same resource relations can also wind up meeting students in recovery that had no idea about the CRC

23. Recruitment and Resources
Recruiting students for the CRC is an important aspect of growth
Developing relationships with treatment centers
The same resource relations can also wind up meeting students in recovery that had no idea about the CRC

24. Finances Endowment Fundraising Giving Visiting Facilities
Networking is the key
Giving
Allowing the community at large to see the CRC
How to allow people to be a part of the CRC

25. References
ARHE. (2015). History of Collegiate Recovery. Retrieved from
Hellman, M. (2010). From myth of marginality to portrayal of an addictive society: Reporting on addictions in the Finnish press ( ). Addiction Research and Theory, 18(2), doi: /

26. Questions