Innovators’ Summit 2022: Dominique Simon-Levine Introduces CRAFT and the Work of Allies In Recovery

Its online platform launched just ten years ago, but the impact Allies in Recovery has made in that time is extraordinary. Dominique Simon-Levine gave the virtual attendees at the 2022 Innovators’ Summit a concise, powerful introduction to CRAFT and Allies. In words and numbers, she reveals just why the Allies approach is so effective.

It’s been a remarkable ten years. Since the launch of its online platform for CRAFT teaching and training, Allies in Recovery has worked with over 4,800 families. The outcomes for the families who have worked with Allies have been overwhelmingly positive: two thirds have seen their Loved One enter treatment, and those Loved Ones have remained in treatment six times longer on average.

To be sure, these are metrics to be proud of (and there’s a lot more of them in the presentation). But behind each statistic is a family working hard to support a daughter, a son, a spouse, or another Loved One on their always-challenging journey toward recovery. Allies has always been about providing those family members with the best tools for such efforts, and teaching their effective use.

Those tools are known collectively as the CRAFT approach. CRAFT is based in behavioral motivation, psychology, and solid, real-world evidence provided by the families themselves. Quite simply, it works. In this thumbnail presentation, Dominique shows just how much help Allies is providing families today. It’s a great introduction to what we do.