History of Community Recovery Alliance

In 2017, Kate Winnell help create/champion the organization One Voice, One Vision.

That group would later be restructured into Community Recovery Alliance (CRA). The goals at the time for CRA was to become a Recovery Community Organization, focusing on working with people impacted by substance use concerns, and those who have been incarcerated as a result.

CRA officially becomes incorporated and designated a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the IRS.

This is also when CRA becomes recognized as a Recovery Community Organization with Faces and Voices of Recovery. (Services at the time were recovery coaching and help with recovery housing).

In 2021, CRA was able to hire on a full time staff that worked on expanding services post-pandemic.

Then in 2022, with an increase of funding, CRA was able to expand their office space at their current location, and hire on full-time Peer Recovery Coaches.

CRA opened the first Recovery Community Center in Northern Michigan, where onsite recovery meetings were offered along side Peer Recovery Coaching.

CRA joined the Michigan Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative as a training partner.

CRA moved into a 4000 sq ft space to accommodate the growth of the organization from the prior year.

CRA hosted a round table for Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel.

CRA began working with the Secretary of State on hosting Drivers License Restoration Clinics in the surrounding counties.

CRA is working on providing more support to our service area with recovery meetings in Charlevoix.

CRA is continuing to build up the local Recovery Friendly Workplaces.

CRA’s Executive Director Caitlin Koucky has been appointed by Governor Whitmer to the Michigan Opioids Task Force, representing Region 2 (Northern Lower Michigan).