Independence Blue Cross Foundation convenes Recovery Ready Summit to engage stakeholders in mission to support recovery on college campuses
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Independence Blue Cross (IBX) Foundation convened representatives from more than a dozen colleges and universities as well as key employer and government stakeholders on Oct. 10 to discuss the continued need for recovery support on college campuses and in the workplace. The event — the IBX Foundation Recovery Ready Summit — aimed to advance Pennsylvania's leadership for making Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) accessible to students and highlight the need for recovery-ready transitions to employment.
- The event — the IBX Foundation Recovery Ready Summit — aimed to advance Pennsylvania's leadership for making Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) accessible to students and highlight the need for recovery-ready transitions to employment.
- In 2021, the IBX Foundation announced its commitment to collegiate recovery programs in collaboration with the Association of Recovery in Higher Education.
- "The absence of recovery programs on college campuses is concerning when we consider the number of young people affected by addiction" said Lorina Marshall-Blake, president of the Independence Blue Cross Foundation.
- "These programs support students in their recovery or impacted by addiction, so they have the best opportunity to succeed in higher education.