A Recovery Community That Is STRONG!
This newsletter will be released once a month to recap recovery news and resources. You will also experience a word from Commissioner Doreen Williams, personal recovery stories and information on how to support the Rockdale County Stepping Up Initiative in our ongoing efforts to reduce the number of people in the criminal justice system with mental health and substance use challenges.
COMMISSIONER'S CORNER
This month Commissioner Doreen Williams provides a monthly recap for the Rockdale County recovery community and their partners, allies and stakeholders. In March's recap she discusses the Rockdale County Stepping Up Initiative's purpose and reflects on the changes that she has witnessed taking place as a result of it.
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Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Project Training
The application for the 79th Georgia CPS Project Training opens on April 1. This training will be held online.

This training is provided by the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network and is funded through a contract with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
Monthly Featured Recovery Apps
Monthly Featured App
Now you can take the Big Book wherever you go! The free version of this app features the full text of the Big Book as well as personal stories, podcasts, meeting finder and more!
12 Step Toolkit App
Recovery Box is a comprehensive set of tools to support you in your recovery. The app features tools from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and many other recovery utilities.
GRIT & GRACE RCO
As we continue to intentionally grow in our recovery we invite you to our daily Recovery Oriented zoom meetings in hopes that our recovery community will also grow in numbers. We know that it is our duty to carry the recovery message to those that still suffer. If you or a loved one needs the support of a recovery community, we meet every weekday at 11am and 6pm and again on Saturdays at 6pm. Please follow our Grit & Grace RCO pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our new YouTube and Podcast Channels to show your support and stay connected.
This month we had an amazing opportunity to have Commissioner Doreen Williams and her daughter, Arla Williams, as special guests on the show. They shared their own journey of mental health challenges and how they continue to be resilient. Click the link below and listen to Episode 18 - Families Need Recovery Too, to hear their story.
We would like to congratulate two young ladies, Nicky Palacios-Lugo and Rachel Foley on their completion of the Rockdale County Adult Drug Court Program!

Graduation will be held on Thursday, the 1st day of April, 2021.

Please join us in congratulating and honoring our esteemed graduates.
CAROL'S STORY
We would like to highlight Carol Gaddy as this month's "Champion of Recovery!"

Carol is a resident of the New Directions Transitional Housing Program and has been an active and supportive part of our recovery community!

We are grateful to have people in recovery that are using their talents and gifts to support and empower not only others in recovery but the community as a whole!

Click on the video to hear Carol's story
PARTNERSHIPS
The Rockdale County Stepping Up Initiative acknowledges that it takes a community and we are truly grateful for the the continued support of the following partnerships:

Rockdale County Board of Commissioners
Rockdale State Court
Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office
City of Conyers Police Department 
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
Rockdale County Accountability Courts
Grit & Grace: A Rockdale Recovery Organization, Inc.
Viewpoint Health
Restoration Storehouse
E911
District Attorney’s Office
Rockdale County Public Defender’s Office
Rockdale County Probate Judge
Rockdale County Magistrate Judge
2800 SW HWY 138
Conyers, GA 30094
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