Community Recovery Alliance Inc
Final Grant Report for
Fiscal agent if applicant is not tax exempt:
Tax ID Number:
83-2500307
Contact First Name:
Contact Last Name:
Caitlin
Koucky
PO Box 102, Petoskey, MI 49770
Address:
Email:
2318819116
Phone Number:
Website:
Project Name:
Supporting Women in Recovery
Project start and end dates:
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Amount Granted From Hestia:
$
2000
Project results and Impact
How many girls/women have been served by the project during this project year?
We served 35 women through 111 individualized recovery coaching sessions during the grant period. These sessions focused on building stability, strengthening recovery skills, and addressing barriers unique to women in early and sustained recovery.
Participants engaged in goal-setting, relapse prevention planning, and connection to community resources. Many were navigating complex challenges including trauma histories, caregiving responsibilities, and limited access to gender-responsive support services.
First-time participants were provided bus passes and Goodwill Vouchers to support access to appointments, employment interviews, and other essential services, reducing transportation and clothing barriers that often limit engagement and continuity of care (funded by the match portion of this grant and donated vouchers from Goodwill),
The flexibility of coaching allowed support to shift with participant needs over time, including periods of increased risk, housing instability, or return to use. This responsive model supported sustained engagement, with participants re-engaging as circumstances changed and maintaining connection to care rather than disengaging from services.
Goal of the Project
Did you meet your program goals for the grant period?
If yes, how do you know? Please describe any program evaluation you use:
If no, please describe current barriers and how you are working to overcome them:
Our initial goal was to deliver at least 15 recovery coaching sessions and host all-women recovery meetings to provide gender-specific peer support.
During the grant period, we delivered 111 coaching sessions to 35 women, exceeding our original target and demonstrating sustained engagement beyond one-time contact. We evaluated success through participation, session completion, and ongoing engagement.
Participants worked on goal setting, relapse prevention planning, and building support networks.
While we planned to host all-women meetings, attendance did not reach a sustainable level in an April/May 2024 initial pilot group. Rather than continue a low-engagement model into this grant, we made a strategic decision to shift to individualized coaching. This shift allowed us to better meet participant needs, accommodate schedules, and address individual barriers, resulting in deeper engagement and more meaningful, consistent support for women in recovery.
Do you have a story of how your program positively changed participant's situation, behavior, or knowledge?
If so, please share it:
After engaging in services and building stability within a structured living environment, one recoveree moved in with her partner. Following an incident of intimate partner violence in that relationship, she experienced a return to use. She knew exactly where to turn for support and reconnected with our program. She was able to re-enter treatment, safely exit the relationship, and re-establish her recovery supports. With consistent engagement, she has continued making meaningful progress in her recovery journey and rebuilding stability in her life.
This is a core measure of success for us: sustained trust and accessibility. In substance use recovery, return to use is not uncommon and is understood as part of the chronic, relapsing nature of substance use disorder, similar to symptom flare-ups in other long-term health conditions, rather than a moral failure. Our program is built on the principle that participants remain welcome at any stage, not only during periods of stability. The true impact is not just initial progress, but the ability for individuals to return, reconnect, and continue forward when circumstances change and life becomes destabilized again.
Sustainability
Will this project continue?
If so, how will it be funded?
If not, why not?
As part of this project, we developed two targeted coaching programs to support sustainability and expand services: a Trauma and Recovery Coaching Series and a Friends and Family Coaching Series (primarily used by women).
Both are evidence-based, structured programs that participants complete at their own pace and will continue beyond the grant period. Each runs 8–12 weeks and focuses on a specific topic, combining one-on-one coaching, optional homework, and support in addressing barriers to recovery, including connection to community resources such as treatment, counseling, housing, and child care.
These programs require minimal additional infrastructure and strengthen our recovery coaching model by offering more targeted, skill-based support tailored to the needs of women.
Because they are flexible and not dependent on group attendance, they are more sustainable and better aligned with participant needs.
Public Relations
How did you publicize this grant?
Please list any examples.
We shared our grant award on Facebook, attendance at the reception, and share coverage of our story in the Hestia newsletter.
Summary Comments
The Hestia grant allowed us to deliver meaningful, individualized recovery support to women in our community during a period of significant need.
While not all original program formats proved effective, the flexibility of this funding enabled us to adapt quickly and develop more impactful, trauma-informed approaches. These adaptations resulted in stronger engagement and more sustainable service models.
The investment directly supported women navigating complex recovery journeys and helped build programming that will continue to benefit others beyond the grant period.
Grant Final Budget Form
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