Addiction Recovery Assistance Fund

ARAF was created in partnership with Oregon Recovers and MetroPlus Association of Addiction Peer Professionals (MAAPPs) to ensure CARES Act funding kept BIPOC people in recovery housed during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Funded with an initial Oregon Health Authority grant of $200,000 (all of which was distributed to BIPOC folks within three weeks), ARAF has recently received a $500,000 Measure 110 grant to prevent the loss of statewide housing stock available to people in recovery, especially those affected by drug criminalization.