Daily News | Holy Family among the latest schools to start an addiction recovery program in Pa.
Pat McElwaine, program director and associate professor of the master's in counseling psychology program at Holy Family University, teaches a class.Pat McElwaine struggled with drugs and alcohol as a student at Holy Family University in Northeast Philadelphia in the late 1990s and early 2000s.But the Catholic university is about to change that, and McElwaine, program director and associate professor of the master’s in counseling psychology program there, is helping to lead the way.
The model is being highlighted at a panel discussion in Washington, D.C., Wednesday with three local House of Representative members, including Madeleine Dean, ,Kristina Canfield, executive director of the national Association of Recovery in Higher Education, who will participate in the meeting, said the Blue Cross program, which includes not only grants but technical support and mentoring to help them work, could expand statewide and serve as a national model.Binge drinking killed her son.
Students who struggle with addiction can be particularly vulnerable on college campuses where party life often is idolized, she said. She has been in recovery from heroin and cocaine use for 17 years and recalled how she struggled with it as a college student. “It’s relatively easy to show its importance then,” she said. “Look at what it’s doing to change school culture and students’ lives.”
In addition to Holy Family, other local schools that have received Blue Cross funding for programs include Bryn Mawr College, Temple, Thomas Jefferson, Cabrini, Eastern, Neumann and Villanova Universities, as well as St. Joseph’s University, both the Hawk Hill and University City campuses, Community College of Philadelphia and Montgomery County Community College.The support is critical, he said, for students who may be away from home for the first time.
She noted that President Joe Biden’s administration has said it wants to see a 25% increase in collegiate recovery programs nationally over the next five years.Holy Family purchases a second campus site in Bucks County to help with expanding classroom needs
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