For years, a Missouri family found help one referral at a time, if at all: treatment in one place, school in another, peer support somewhere else, with the family left to assemble the pieces. Aspire Advocates for Behavioral Health is building a recovery oriented system of care for this region, so a young person can find help close to home, at every stage, for as long as it takes.  

This fall, Missouri's first tuition-free recovery high school will welcome students. Students in recovery high schools relapse less and graduate more, and they get a full high school experience among friends on the same sober journey. A new alternative peer group gives them somewhere to belong after the last bell. Every piece we add closes a gap that used to end a young person's recovery.

Attending TEE UP for Recovery helps build that system: 

The schools. Keep Missouri's first recovery high schools growing, and help the next one open.

The workforce. Give the adults who treat and teach these young people the training to do it well.

The voice. Train young people to tell decisionmakers what they need, and get them in the room.

The policy. Close the gaps in coverage and payment that leave families paying out of pocket or unable to receive the care their children need.