Mission

 To facilitate access to recovery for anyone engaging in substance misuse through peer support, resource connection, education and advocacy.

Vision

Miami Recovery Project envisions a community where all pathways to recovery are accessible, and stigma is not a barrier to recovery. 

Established April 2020

The idea for the Miami Recovery Project (MRP) started in Las Vegas, NV in July of 2019. Mobilize Recovery is an inaugural meeting dedicated to preparing leaders to mobilize recovery communities across the nation. Thomas Guerra was selected to attend this conference and there he discovered how other communities were being supported. He also realized how behind that the Miami community was.

After months of deliberation and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thomas founded the Miami Recovery Project in April of 2020. Anthony Baretto and Sherri Ahern jumped onboard as the founding board members. The Miami Recovery Project was formed into a non-profit organization focused on providing recovery support to the Miami community.  MRP began with online meetings and online trainings.

In 2021, MRP was awarded a grant through Thriving Mind and the Florida Department of Children and Families. MRP was able to hire its first employees and have a physical space to provide peer support and mutual aid meetings. MRP continues to grow and expand its reach across Miami Dade.

In January of 2023, Thomas exited Miami Recovery Project, and Brian Sims was appointed the Interim Executive Director. Mr. Sims grew the agency staff, reach, and programming. Towards the end of 2023, Mr. Sims left MRP to become full time National Director of Project: REBIRTH (originally founded by him at MRP) which is not the nation’s first Warrior Recovery Community Organization (WARRCO) and has become the nation’s largest network of certified peer specialists for Veterans & Emergency Responders. Natalie Sims then took over as the full time Executive Director, and is leading MRP into the futre with enhanced direct services and community partnerships, raising recovery capital across Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties!