Bucks Collegiate Recovery Program
What the Bucks CRP Offers
We support all recovery pathways and provide a safe, welcoming space for students wherever they are in their journey. Here’s what you’ll find through our Collegiate Recovery Program:
- Drop-in peer support groups on all campuses — times are based on student availability and interest
- Confidential one-on-one meetings with trained and compassionate CRP staff (by appointment)
- Access to substance use disorder and mental health resources
- A private and welcoming CRP lounge space
- Monthly wellness-themed events to support your overall well-being
- Overdose reversal training
- Free Narcan and fentanyl testing strips
- An annual Recovery and Mental Health Resource Fair (open to the public)
- Volunteer opportunities to give back and stay connected
- On-campus Overdose Emergency Kits
On-campus Overdose Emergency Kits
Overdose emergency kits (OEK) are located on all Bucks campuses. OEKs make Naloxone (Narcan), the opioid overdose reversal medication, and other lifesaving resources more readily accessible in our community. Anyone can access the Naloxone from the OEKs free of charge, no questions asked, to use in an overdose emergency OR to take to keep in their first aid kit. The OEK's always remain unlocked.
Newtown Campus OEK Location
- Hicks Art Center, main entrance, next to the pamphlet holder
- Rollins Center, outside of clubs & organizations office/above newspaper box near elevator
- Gymnasium, opposite side from AED
- Library, wall by elevator near room 100-A, across from entrance facing Grupp Hall
- Grupp Hall, wall by 227 across from entrance, next to AED
- Founders Hall, wall near stairs by STEM, next to AED
Epstein Campus at Lower Bucks OEK Location
- Main building, next to the fire extinguisher and emergency exit
- Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT), near AED by room 013
Upper Bucks Campus OEK Location
- South Building, next to AED by room 176
What is a Collegiate Recovery Program?
According to the Association of Recovery in Higher Education, a Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) is a supportive environment within a college or university that reinforces a student’s decision to pursue a lifestyle of recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). CRPs emphasize peer recovery support services and often collaborate with both on- and off-campus partners. CRPs are not treatment programs and do not serve as a substitute for treatment.
Benefits of CRPs: Reduce the recovery and relapse cycle by 15 years while producing educated citizens (Laudet, et. al., 2014). Students involved in CRPs collectively have a higher average GPA than the general student body (Laudet, et al. 2013; Ashford, et. al., 2018).
CRP Resource Lounge
Located in Student Services (Rollins Center 011), the CRP Resource Lounge offers a space for students involved in CRP to do school work, relax, or connect with other CRP students.
CRP Peer Support Group Meetings
Meetings are open to current Bucks students in recovery from substance use disorder and students affected by another person's SUD.
Additional Resources
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources. Call or text 988, or connect to the 988 Lifeline Chat.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline – A confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service that provides treatment referral and information about mental health and drug or alcohol use disorders, prevention, and recovery. Call them at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or TTY: 1-800-487-4889.
- Bucks County Crisis Services – Call 1-800-499-7455 to reach a crisis center nearest to you.
- Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP)
- Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission – Available to help with any questions, concerns and needed resources. Contact the Approval of Care Department at 215-444-2730.
- The Council of Southeast PA/PRO-ACT – Information, intervention and recovery support line: 1-800-221-6333.