Voices of Hope

Voices of Hope (VOH) was born directly from the lived experience of its co-founders and lived experience continues to be key today, as nearly all VOH’s 100 person staff are people in recovery. Since the beginning, VOH has focused on being responsive to the needs of the recovery community. Further, VOH is firmly rooted in research and evidence-based support as two of the co-founders are academic experts in the field. VOH understands the holistic needs of people in recovery and their friends and families and what a Recovery Ready Community should entail to support those needs.

In 2014, as the opioid epidemic ravaged on, there was an urgent need to change public perception surrounding substance use disorder and overdose. At a time when there were massive gaps in access to naloxone/Narcan and overdose response training VOH began training and, with the help of a number of physicians, distributing prescriptions for Narcan. That year Voices of Hope also hosted the first international overdose awareness day event in Kentucky. Reducing overdose and stigma are key elements of a Recovery Ready Community.