Poster 3 - Enhancing Recovery Housing Through the Peer-led Social Model: Bridging Gaps in Rural and Urban Communities

Monday, April 27, 2026

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM MDT

Location: Screen 3, Exhibit Hall Poster Pavilion

Enhancing Recovery Housing Through the Peer-Led Social Model
Discover how peer-led, peer-driven Social Model Recovery Housing transforms lives by fostering trust, accountability, and connection. Drawing on proven results from 17 Kentucky recovery centers, presenters will share how cultivating a transformative culture helps individuals build recovery capital, restore relationships, and achieve lasting stability. Attendees will gain practical strategies to adapt this model in rural and urban settings, integrate it with broader recovery ecosystems, and overcome implementation challenges—turning housing into a catalyst for sustained personal and community change.

Learning Objectives:

Spot the Difference: Social Model vs. Traditional Recovery Housing – Quickly recognize what sets peer-led Social Model environments apart—and why these differences drive lasting recovery.
Build a Culture that Heals – Discover simple, powerful strategies to create safe, connection-rich spaces where residents grow recovery capital and reclaim their lives.
The Environment IS the Service: Learn how to adapt Social Model principles for both rural and urban communities, overcome common barriers, and expand access to recovery housing that changes lives.

Poster Presenter(s)

Tony White

Director of Outreach
Fletcher Group, Inc.
Louisville, KY 40351, Kentucky

Disclosure information not submitted.
Amy Jeppesen, L.C.S.W.

Chief Operating Officer
Fletcher Group
ST GEORGE, Utah

Disclosure information not submitted.
Ernie Fletcher, MD.

Chief Medical Officer/Founder
The Fletcher Group, Inc.
Osprey, Florida

Disclosure information not submitted.