YPR- Berkeley, CA

07/21/2025

05/12/2025

Thank you Samuel Merrit University for inviting the Berkeley chapter to the Narcan Stimulation Training and Workshop with Oakland High School!

04/02/2025

🚨 Urgent Call to Action 🚨

We’ve learned that a major restructuring of Health and Human Services is underway. While change is expected with any new administration, it’s concerning that this restructuring removes critical funding streams, programs, and agencies that support individuals in crisis on their path to independence.

✅ Investing in recovery works.

For every $1 spent on mental health and substance use disorder recovery, taxpayers save $4-$7 in healthcare, criminal justice, and lost productivity costs. It strengthens families, reduces healthcare strain, and builds a healthier, more engaged workforce.

📢 Take action!
Call your congressional members and cabinet officials and urge them to Invest in Recovery—because a healthy America starts with prioritizing mental health and substance use disorder recovery. 💙

Source: Recovery Research Institute - https://www.recoveryanswers.org/



Senator Mazie K. Hirono Senator Ted Cruz Lindsey Graham U.S. Senator Chris C***s Peter Welch Senator Adam Schiff Senator Cory Booker Senator Richard Blumenthal Senator Amy Klobuchar Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Ashley Moody Senator Katie Boyd Britt Senator Eric Schmitt Senator John Kennedy Senator Thom Tillis United States Senator Mike Lee John Cornyn Senator Dick Durbin

04/01/2025

Congress is deciding the future of addiction and mental health funding — and we need your voice.

Right now, funding that supports recovery services across the country is at risk. This includes the kinds of programs we lead at YPR: peer-led recovery support, youth outreach, access to naloxone and fentanyl test strips, and leadership opportunities for young people in recovery.

Cuts to this funding would directly impact the communities we serve.

We're joining our partners at Mobilize Recovery in urging Congress to:
- Protect existing funding for addiction and mental health recovery services
- Increase investments to meet the growing need
- Ensure no disruptions to SAMHSA grants during administrative changes
- Reject any proposed cuts in the FY26 budget

Take 2 minutes to contact your representatives and remind them: recovery saves lives, and it deserves full funding.

Act now — visit: https://shorturl.at/NICrL

03/28/2025

Investing in recovery is a proven economic and public health strategy that benefits us all. Every dollar spent on recovery saves taxpayers $4–$7 in healthcare, criminal justice, and lost productivity costs. It strengthens families, reduces healthcare strain, and builds a healthier, more engaged workforce.

Access to community-based self-help and mutual aid groups lowers rates of recurrence of use, boosts productivity, and empowers individuals to rebuild their lives. Dedicated government support for recovery isn’t just compassionate—it’s smart policy that drives economic growth and creates thriving communities.

Invest in recovery—it pays dividends.

Source: Recovery Research Institute

SAMHSA Robert F. Kennedy, Jr U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

03/26/2025

Join us for a Video Game Night in partnership with Horizon Service’s ! 4/2 at 5pm 1866 Bst Hayward, CA 94545