1.B. Uphold Residents’ Rights

NARR Standard 3.0 Core Principle: B. Uphold Residents’ Rights

Recovery residences promote recovery by increasing the recovery capital of its residents. Human recovery capital includes self-esteem and self-efficacy — terms which refer to a person’s belief in their own value and self-determination. While there are many examples of resident rights, they reinforce these core values of human recovery capital. It validates residents’ agency, shifting previous experiences of complying with an external authority to finding authority within themselves. Resident rights establish an individual’s prerogative to be in the community and have grievances and autonomy. Establishing resident rights empowers a population that may be unaware that they have rights as a result of previous experiences with discrimination. Upholding rights helps set the tone of trust between the residence operators, among residents, and within their community. This principle also helps operators know that they are doing the right thing if they must remove a resident who may be infringing on the rights of other residents. The same principle also serves as a guide for upholding the rights of a resident who is being removed.  — NARR Standard 3.0 Compendium

This principle is upheld through the following standards:

• 1.B.5. Communicate rights and requirements before agreements are signed
• 1.B.6. Protect resident information

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