According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in 2019, 840,000 full-time students attending college in the U.S. were in recovery from addiction.

However, only 100schools have formalized recovery programs for theirstudents.

Thanks to support from the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Holy Family was awarded a $50,000 grant to address addiction on campus. Under the direction of Patrick McElwaine ’00, M’04, Psy.D., associate professor and director of the MSin Counseling Psychology program, the Universityestablished the Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP)to create an addiction recovery program. The CRPsupports students who are experiencing addiction,believe they may have an addiction, are in recovery,or have someone in their lives with an addiction.