Health Professionals

“The founders of Road Recovery have used their love of music and experience in the music industry to both reach individual young people who thrive in this supportive environment and showcase the music they create to spread the word that treatment works. We are so pleased to honor them with the President’s Award for Innovative Advocacy.”
– Linda Rosenberg, President and CEO of the National Council. The National Council for Behavioral Health is the unifying voice of America’s health care organizations that deliver mental health and addiction treatment and services.

“The preliminary results of Road Recovery’s 80% success/sober rate are encouraging. The most important element is the fact that the kids continued with some type of after-care treatment.” – Dr. Thomas McClennan, PhD. Treatment Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania

“The work of Road Recovery is all inspiring. By providing an outlet for creativity, in the spirit of collaboration and mentorship, participants experience joy and pride in ways that were once unimaginable.” –  Dr. Marianne Chai, MD – Child, Adolescent and Addiction Psychiatrist Alternative and Integrative Medicine Specialist, Clinical Instructor at the NYU Child Study Center

"Road Recovery’s VirtualTrax Program is an innovative platform designed to engage our most vulnerable youth and young adults during a time when COVID-19 has heightened the risk of substance use and social isolation. This evaluation is an important part of the OJJDP-supported program to understand the impact of delivering evidence-based strategies, including peer support, mentoring, and education, through such creative avenues to reduce the risk of substance use and other risky behaviors and to improve the social-emotional health and wellbeing of young people." - Jennifer I. Manuel, PhD, LMSW, Associate Professor, Silver School of Social Work New York University