Mission

DRP was designed to create ongoing alumni relationships among graduates of the treatment provider network in Detroit, with a view both to enhancing the alumni’s commitment to sustained recovery and creating a web of peer support for recovery in the city.

Detroit Recovery Project Welcome Center

The DRP Welcome Center serves as a safe haven to recovering people in the City of Detroit and surrounding areas. It offers peer-led, peer-driven, and peer-run services ranging from recovery support meetings to sports activities and meditation. The center occupies a house obtained through a collaborative effort by DRP, the Partnership for a Drug Free Detroit, and the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries. As a result of this collaboration, DRP also has acquired an additional site for expanded recovery community outreach.

Peer-led Recovery Support and Education Groups

The peer leaders, affectionately known as peer “elders,” facilitate women’s groups, men’s groups, mentorship groups, secondary illness groups, co-occurring disorder support groups, and cognitive skills workshops. In addition, they offer daily computer and GED preparation workshops. Biweekly job readiness and employability workshops are provided as well, along with health education and fitness classes.

Referral and Support Services

Every individual coming to the center completes a membership form, noting his or her needs and desire for a DRP referral coach. A DRP referral coach works with the members, steering them to needed housing and employment services. Transportation supports are provided to individuals who have no way of getting to needed services.

Opportunities for Healthy Living

DRP incorporates athletics as part of its mission of making opportunities for healthy living available to the recovery community. It does so by partnering with other Detroit organizations. For example, through its collaboration with a local gym, DRP is able to offer its members access to a state-of-the-art recreational facility with an Olympic-sized swimming pool, full basketball court, weight room, and aerobics and yoga classes. DRP also offers the opportunity to be on (or root for) DRP’s basketball and bowling teams in a city league.