Free Through Recovery is a community based behavioral health program designed to increase recovery support services to individuals involved with the criminal justice system who have behavioral health concerns.
Free Through Recovery participants will work with local providers to receive:
- Care Coordination: Includes an ongoing source of connection, helping participants access treatment and recovery support services, and creatively addressing barriers to individual success. It also includes the provision of assessment, care planning, referrals, and monitoring collaboration with clinical services and probation and parole.
- Recovery Services: Includes access to supportive housing, educational opportunities, meaningful employment, leisure activities and wellness, family and community social supports, parenting education, spiritual engagement, nourishment assistance programs, and any other individualized resources needed to help participants lead a healthy and fulfilling life.
- Peer Support: Connection with a peer who has similar lived experience. Peer support specialists provide mentorship, advocacy and additional recovery support.
The mission of Free Through Recovery is to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce recidivism by delivering high-quality community behavioral health services linked with community supervision.
Providing Services
FTR Gap Funding Monthly Reimbursement Form
Participant Category Tracker (updated 9.2025)
GapFundingFormExceptionRequest2025.pdf (updated 9.2025)
Evidence Based Correctional Practices
FTR Program Guidance (revised 06.17.2026)- request most up to date version of this document from a Free Through Recovery Program Administrator
Regional Services
- Region 1 (Williston)
- Region 2 (Minot)
- Region 3 (Devils Lake)
- Region 4 (Grand Forks)
- Region 5 (Fargo)
- Region 6 (Jamestown)
- Region 7 (Bismarck)
- Region 8 (Dickinson)
If you or your agency is interested in becoming a Free Through Recovery provider, please email freethroughrecovery@nd.gov.
Resources and Training
Peer Support Onboarding Checklist
Care Coordinators and Peer Support Specialists
Code of Ethics for Care Coordinators Acknowledgement form
Free Through Recovery New Care Coordinator Onboarding Checklist- request most up to date document from a Free Through Recovery Administrator
Care Coordination Training
North Dakota Care Coordination training is designed to provide Care Coordinators
with the attitude, skills, and capacity to perform their job duties..
Frequently Asked Questions
To help understand the Free Through Recovery, we have compiled a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers.