About Bold North Recovery

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Bold North Recovery (BNR) is a training, education, and workforce development organization focused on building, growing, and sustaining the substance use disorder peer recovery workforce in Minnesota and beyond.

BNR is an approved provider of the peer recovery curriculum through the Minnesota Certification Board (MCB). Its founder, Randy Anderson, is a Recovery Coach Professional Facilitator (RCPF) for the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR). As an RCPF, he is authorized to facilitate all CCAR curricula. Often, when agencies contact CCAR to host a training, CCAR engages a local RCPF to represent them. All CCAR peer recovery curricula are approved by NAADAC and accepted nationally by most certification boards, including IC&RC member boards.

Since 2019, BNR has served the educational needs of the peer recovery workforce. To date, BNR has graduated 788 individuals from its Recovery Coach Academy, representing more than 100 cities, 18 states/provinces, and two countries.

In 2022, during the global coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Anderson facilitated hundreds of trainings and presentations involving participants from over 300 cities, 40 states/provinces, and seven countries. From February 2018 to February 2019, he served as overdose prevention manager for the Steve Rummler Hope Network (SRHN). Under his leadership, SRHN distributed 12,469 overdose prevention rescue kits, trained 4,751 people, and facilitated 241 trainings across more than 67 Minnesota counties. During that same year, SRHN’s overdose prevention program expanded by adding 177 new partner organizations.

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