Community colleges are increasingly embracing students who are recovering from substance use disorder, creating programs and tackling challenges like funding and staffing.
Collegiate recovery programs offer coaching and other services for people recovering from substance use, but they face funding and staffing challenges.
In the past three years, student mental health has been taking a hit. More than 60% of college students met the criteria for at least one mental health problem during the 2020–21 school year, according to the American Psychological Association. Eric Wright, Counseling and Psychological Services senior clinical staff and interim outreach director, has been at.