Recovery support
TYR grant awarded to support student recovery community at UD
10:29 a.m., April 27, 2015--University of Delaware Student Wellness and Health Promotion has been awarded a $10,000 grant to support students in recovery from substance use disorders and other addictive behaviors.
The grant was awarded through Transforming Youth Recovery (TYR), a nonprofit organization founded in 2013.
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Among other things, TYR studies the community, educational and peer networks that influence youth development and achievement, and is providing novel approaches that are dramatically expanding family and school-based prevention, intervention and recovery support services one community, one school, one student at a time.
The grant will provide Student Wellness and Health Promotion with early-stage seed funding to engage in a capacity building approach aimed at developing the relationships necessary to better meet the needs of students in recovery on campus.
The Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) at UD became active in fall 2014 and involves about 6-8 committed students who are working to diligently to bring more UD students into the fold.
Functions of the group are evolving based on student interest but so far the current student members have been interested in developing a relevant topical discussion series, engaging in a private recovery support group, raising awareness and fund-raising through sponsoring campus-wide events, and hosting student-friendly activities for anyone wishing to socialize without substances.
According to Jessica Estok, coordinator for the UD CRC, “Our hope is to connect students to each other and to resources available that will allow their recovery to thrive on our campus. Our CRC consists of students in recovery as well as students with friends or family in recovery.”
The grant also will support the creation of an online map of community recovery assets intended to facilitate a nationwide network of resource sharing and collaboration among collegiate recovery practitioners, students and community members.
In undertaking this project the ultimate goal is to create a sustainable collegiate recovery program on the UD campus that provides a safe, supportive and fun environment for students in recovery from substance use disorders and other addictive behaviors.
For more information about TYR, visit the website.
To find out more information about the effort or to get involved, contact Estok at 302-831-3457 or jestok@udel.edu.