Officials Cut Ribbon to Open New Rescue Program Specifically Designed for First Responders at Recovery Centers of America at Raritan Bay
Press Release
SOUTH AMBOY – Local leaders, first responders, and executives from Recovery Centers of America in South Amboy, NJ, cut ribbon to celebrate grand opening of new RESCU Program at Recovery Centers of America at Raritan Bay. The new RESCU Program will help first responders, correctional officers, and military service members, both active and retired, overcome addiction to drugs and alcohol.
First responders can now find help in a specialized therapy curriculum, counselors, and residential beds within a completely separate unit at RCA at Raritan Bay.
Representing Recovery Centers of America at the ribbon cutting will be David Dorschu, CEO, Sharon Cartwright, Clinical Director, Stephanie Davis, Regional Manager, and Dr, Andrew Youssouf.
The organization partnered with first responders from Middlesex, Atlantic, and other New Jersey counties to ensure the RESCU Program properly addresses the needs of the state’s first responders and military service members.
Patients admitted to RESCU will be part of an intimate RCA community of fellow military service personnel and first responders who are experiencing similar challenges due to the nature of their work. Treatment includes private group therapy sessions, peer support groups, specific programming for first responder families, and individualized treatment led by a specially trained clinical team. The RESCU unit which RCA refers to as a “neighborhood,” includes a separate lounge, separate group rooms, separate bedrooms, meals, as well as a clinical schedule that maintains physical separation from non-first responder patients.
“This is a giant step forward in the treatment of our first responder, law enforcement, and military service community in the state,” said Dorschu. “The RESCU Advisory Board’s support for the program is essential and will include supporting critically needed infrastructure such as the implementation of Cop2Cop, a 24-Hour Hotline available to law enforcement and their families. Plans are also in development for mobile crisis teams and first responder-specific intervention services for the entire state.”
RCA will also offer first responder-specific AA and NA meetings and special targeted family programming for RESCU patients and families called “Badges to Recovery.”
About Recovery Centers of America
Recovery Centers of America (1-800-Recovery) is based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and provides evidence-based addiction care at 10 inpatient centers, eight outpatient facilities, and five opioid treatment programs spanning Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Indiana. RCA at Raritan Bay is located at 901 Ernston Road, South Amboy, NJ08879. RCA substance use disorder treatment facilities were recently named as 2020 best U.S. treatment facilities that focus on addiction by a leading national statistics firm and media outlet. RCA has also pioneered a successful comprehensive telehealth addiction treatment program to expand services to patients.
