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Hope Academy

Hope Academy recovery high school on PBS NewsHour

https://youtu.be/zP35Vgohcpg   At an innovative high school, students get support battling their addictions while they learn.   Drug use among teenagers in the U.S. is down, but the mortality rate is rising. As part of the PBS series “America Addicted,” the NewsHour’s Pamela Kirkland visited one so-called recovery school in Indianapolis that is giving new

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Duffy Staff Spotlight: Amanda McGerigle, LICSW

This article is from the Duffy Health Center newsletter.  It highlights Amanda McGerigle who served as a counselor with RecoveryBuild APG  before moving to the Medication Assisted Treatment team at Duffy. Amanda was an integral part of the birth of RecoveryBuild and is still a strong supporter of the Duffy RecoveryBuild APG team. “Amanda McGerigle serves

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Annual Letter from Stephanie Briody

This past year challenged us in many ways. Our fierce commitment to serve teens in our community struggling with substance use issues elevated us above the fray of COVID and record overdose deaths to continue the hard work of building a care continuum for this vulnerable population. Read my Annual Letter that talks about what

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Winter Dip Kicks Off!

Cape Media interviewed Stephanie Briody for the Third Annual Winter Dip Kick Off. These hardy souls will be dipping into the COLD ocean all winter to raise money for RecoveryBuild APG.  Their goal is to exceed $45,000 Donate to Winter Dips for RecoveryBuild

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