What Detroit Recovery Project does

Detroit Recovery Project (DRP) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2001 and incorporated on July 5, 2005, headquartered at 1121 East McNichols Rd in Detroit, Michigan. The organization delivers integrated, whole-person recovery support services for adults and youth with substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health conditions, operating as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) since 2020. Its service platform spans substance use disorder outpatient treatment, mental health outpatient therapy, psychiatric services, peer recovery support, primary care, Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), HIV/HCV/STI testing and treatment, case management, re-entry support, prevention, and street outreach, distributed through two clinics (Eastside and Westside), The Wellness Space, recovery housing, and two mobile medical/outreach units deployed five days a week across Detroit neighborhoods. The platform is supplemented by the Recovery Training Institute (RTI), a workforce development division offering the 80-hour CPRM Academy (aligned with MCBAP), MiCHWA-approved Community Health Worker Training, Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid, and CCAR Recovery Coach Academy curricula, together with a paid Recovery Coach Apprenticeship reporting 94% apprentice retention.

DRP's business model is grant- and Medicaid-reimbursed nonprofit delivery, with public funding from SAMHSA, DWIHN, HRSA, and CDC underwriting the majority of operations, supplemented by Medicaid billing under the CCBHC model and an income-based sliding fee scale tied to Federal Poverty Guidelines (with a stated policy of not refusing patients for inability to pay). Secondary revenue streams include fee-based professional training through RTI (e.g., $50 for CCAR Ethical Considerations, $200 for CCAR Recovery Coach Academy, $250/hour for external outreach/overdose prevention training) and individual donations processed via Donorbox. The go-to-market motion is community-led and partner-driven: grassroots outreach, mobile units, a 24/7 crisis line (833-DRP-HEAL), referral channels from Opioid Treatment Programs (formalized via a Harvard partnership), and co-located youth services in Detroit Public Schools, with no evidence of paid acquisition. Active research collaborations with Brandeis University (the multi-phase UPWARD study targeting Black Americans in alcohol recovery) and Harvard University (an MOUD/RCC onboarding pilot RCT targeting 128 participants) extend the platform into evidence generation. The organization reports 101–250 employees, multilingual service access (English, Spanish, Arabic, ASL), and leadership and staff drawn predominantly from people in long-term recovery, including founder/CEO Dr. Andre L. Johnson (a 2016 White House Champion of Change and 2015–2018 and 2023 SAMHSA National Advisory Council appointee).

Name

Detroit Recovery Project

Legal name

Detroit Recovery Project Incorporated

Website

https://recovery4detroit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Detroit Recovery Project is a Detroit-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic delivering integrated substance use, mental health, primary care, peer recovery support, harm reduction, and workforce training services to adults, youth, and re-entering residents across Detroit and Wayne County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services (HLAFACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Services (EDALAFAE), Substance Use Detoxification Centers (Medical Detox) (HLAFACAD), Virtual PT/OT/MSK & Rehab Programs (Payer-Sponsored) (HLALACAI)

Keywords

• Behavioral health services
• Substance use treatment
• Peer recovery support
• Community mental health
• Outpatient addiction services

Headquarters

HQ city

Detroit

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government & Public Grants: Multi-source public funding from SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), DWIHN (Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network), HRSA, and CDC, plus a $1.4M SAMHSA/CSAT federal grant received historically. This is the dominant revenue stream for a 501(c)(3) CCBHC nonprofit.
2. Sliding-Fee Patient Payments: Direct patient service fees based on the DRP Sliding Fee Scale, tied to family size and Federal Poverty Guidelines; discounts are applied uniformly and updated annually.
3. Individual & Institutional Donations: Charitable giving funneled through Donorbox to support DRP's mission; covers gap between grant funding and full cost of recovery support, housing, and outreach.
4. Training & Certification Program Fees: Fee-based professional training through the Recovery Training Institute: CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches ($50/16 hrs), CCAR Recovery Coach Academy ($200/30 hrs), and outreach/overdose prevention/situational awareness trainings at $250/hour for external organizations.
5. Medicaid / Insurance Reimbursement (CCBHC Services): As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, DRP delivers Medicaid-reimbursable behavioral health, mental health, and primary care services (including MOUD) through its integrated clinics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Detroit Recovery Project (DRP) operates a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) delivering integrated outpatient substance use disorder treatment, mental health outpatient therapy, psychiatric services, peer recovery support, primary care, Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), HIV/HCV testing and treatment, harm reduction, re-entry support, case management, prevention, and street outreach across two Detroit clinics, a wellness site, and two mobile medical units. DRP also operates the Recovery Training Institute (RTI), which delivers credentialed training programs (CPRM Academy, Community Health Worker Training, Mental Health First Aid, CCAR Recovery Coach Academy) plus paid Recovery Coach Apprenticeships.

Product overview

Detroit Recovery Project (DRP) operates a single integrated service platform — anchored by its Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model — that delivers a holistic, whole-person continuum of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. The core platform is organized into service modules (Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Treatment, SUD Peer Recovery Support, Mental Health Outpatient Therapy, Psychiatric Services, Mental Health Peer Support Specialist, Primary Care Medical Services, Mobile Medical Services, HIV/HCV Testing & Treatment, Strengthening Families Program, Re-Entry Services, Case Management, and Street Outreach), supplemented by fee-based Street Outreach, Overdose Prevention, and Situational Awareness trainings, plus Recovery Housing (Recovery Homes for Men) and the Wellness Space location. Layered on top of this service platform is the Recovery Training Institute (RTI), DRP's workforce development sub-brand, which packages four training programs — the Certified Peer Recovery Mentor (CPRM) Academy, the Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program, Mental Health First Aid (Adult and Youth MHFA), and the Additional Trainings (CCAR Recovery Coach Academy and CCAR Ethical Considerations) — together with a paid Recovery Coach Apprenticeship. The research portfolio (UPWARD Study with Brandeis University and the Harvard RCC/MOUD onboarding study) extends the platform into evidence-generation around Black American recovery pathways and MOUD-to-RCC engagement, with Phase 3 of UPWARD currently delivering digital recovery tools to DRP clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Recovery Training Institute (RTI): DRP's center for education, training, and certification programs focused on strengthening and supporting the community workforce, including CPRM Academy, Community Health Workers Training Program, Mental Health First Aid, and additional trainings.

Products and services

• Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Services (Integrated CCBHC Service Platform) Flagship integrated offering of Detroit Recovery Project operating as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), delivering outpatient recovery support for substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders by combining SUD treatment, mental health therapy, primary care, peer recovery support, case management, re-entry, prevention, and street outreach services under one ecosystem for Detroit/Wayne County residents.
• Recovery Training Institute (RTI) DRP's education, training, and certification sub-brand delivering in-person and virtual credentialed programs for the behavioral health, mental health, recovery, and community wellness workforce, including CPRM Academy, Community Health Worker Training Program, Mental Health First Aid, and CCAR Recovery Coach Academy, plus paid Recovery Coach Apprenticeships.
• Certified Peer Recovery Mentor (CPRM) Academy 80-hour training program for individuals with lived experience in recovery from substance use that prepares graduates to earn the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP) Certified Peer Recovery Mentor (CPRM) credential, with a paid Recovery Coach Apprenticeship pathway.
• Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program MiCHWA-approved training program offered in partnership with the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance that prepares individuals for careers as Community Health Workers, Health Support Workers, or Community Health Aides supporting community wellness, behavioral health, outreach, advocacy, and care coordination.
• Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training Mental Health First Aid® training delivered through RTI teaching community members, organizations, and professionals how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among adults and youth.
• CCAR Recovery Coach Academy and Ethical Considerations Trainings Fee-based CEU-bearing curricula licensed from CCAR (Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery): the 30-hour (5-day) CCAR Recovery Coach Academy® ($200) and the 16-hour (2-day) CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches® ($50), providing formal peer recovery coach certification.
• Mobile Medical Services Two mobile medical units deployed across Detroit neighborhoods five days a week delivering full primary care, urgent care, Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), wound care, HIV and HCV testing and treatment, and sexually transmitted infection diagnosis and treatment to remove transportation barriers for underserved residents.
• Recovery Homes (Alan Bray Home for Men in Recovery and related housing) Recovery housing for men in recovery, anchored by the historic Alan Bray Home for Men in Recovery at 400 Cortland, providing stable housing as part of the five-domain recovery ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% apprentice retention rate
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Brandeis UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDRP collaborates with Brandeis University on the Understanding Pathways to Wellness in Alcohol Recovery in Detroit, Michigan (UPWARD) study — a multi-phase research project (interviews/focus groups, quantitative neighborhood assessment, and a digital intervention clinical trial) targeting Black Americans in AUD recovery.
• Harvard UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDRP is in partnership with Harvard University to explore the impact of onboarding people who take medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to recovery community centers (RCCs). The collaboration includes a survey of OTP directors, a naturalistic study, and a pilot randomized controlled trial enrolling 128 participants.
• Henry Ford Health (HFD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHenry Ford Health (displayed under the 'Research Partners' section of the homepage logo wall) is listed as a research partner of DRP.
• Henry Ford Innovation Institute / HUITminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHUIT (likely Henry Ford Innovation Institute) appears on DRP's 'Research Partners' logo wall on the homepage, indicating an institutional research or innovation relationship.
• Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance (MiCHWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMiCHWA partners with DRP's Recovery Training Institute to offer the Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program — MiCHWA-approved training that prepares participants for CHW/Health Support Worker/Community Health Aide careers.
• Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP)coreOthersMCBAP is the state credentialing body that issues the Certified Peer Recovery Mentor (CPRM) credential. DRP's 80-hour CPRM Academy is structured to deliver the supervised training hours required for MCBAP certification.
• CCAR (Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerDRP's Recovery Training Institute licenses/delivers CCAR's copyrighted curricula — CCAR Recovery Coach Academy (30 CEUs, $200) and CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches (16 CEUs, $50) — directly to participants.
• City of Detroit Bureau of Substance Prevention, Treatment and RecoveryflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founding governmental partner of DRP in 2001; provided initial institutional auspices under which DRP was formulated and later became an independent 501(c)(3) in 2005.
• Partnership for a Drug-Free DetroitflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founding partner of DRP in 2001; originally headed by Andre Johnson as the coalition under which DRP was formulated.
• Madroit MarketingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDetroit-area marketing agency credited with designing the DRP website (per homepage footer: 'Website designed by Madroit Marketing').

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mariners Inn: Detroit-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing residential substance use treatment and recovery housing for men — directly comparable geographic, demographic, and service-line overlap with DRP's Alan Bray Home for Men in Recovery and adult SUD programs.
• Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO): Detroit nonprofit operating integrated behavioral health, primary care, supportive housing, and homeless services — closely comparable service mix (SUD + mental health + primary care + housing) to DRP's five-domain recovery ecosystem.
• Community Health Awareness Group (CHAG): Detroit nonprofit specializing in harm reduction, HIV/HCV testing and treatment, and street-based outreach for people who use drugs — directly overlaps with DRP's mobile unit harm reduction, MOUD, and infectious disease programming.
• Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center: Michigan-based nonprofit operating residential and outpatient SUD treatment, recovery housing, and peer recovery services statewide — comparable mission, service mix, and Medicaid/grant funding model to DRP.
• Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR): Recovery Community Organization that originated the Recovery Coach Academy and Ethical Considerations curricula — DRP licenses CCAR's training content through RTI, and CCAR is the most directly comparable peer-led recovery training and RCC organization in the U.S.
• Hope Network: Michigan-based nonprofit delivering behavioral health, intellectual/developmental disability services, and recovery housing across multiple Michigan cities — comparable integrated behavioral-health nonprofit operating at similar scale.

Regional players

• Thresholds: Chicago-based nonprofit providing mental health, substance use, housing, and peer recovery services — closely comparable CCBHC-equivalent integrated behavioral health model but serving a different metro.
• Wheeler Clinic: Connecticut-based nonprofit operating as a CCBHC with integrated primary care, behavioral health, and addiction services — directly comparable CCBHC operating model in a different region.

Broad incumbents

• National Council for Mental Wellbeing: National membership and advocacy organization representing CCBHCs and behavioral health providers — DRP's leadership has been recognized by the National Council, and it represents the broader policy and standards-setting ecosystem DRP operates within.
• Corewell Health: Michigan's largest integrated health system with growing behavioral health and addiction medicine service lines — competes with DRP for the same Medicaid value-based contracts and SUD workforce in the Detroit/Wayne County market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/recovery4det
• Facebookfacebook.com/Recovery4Detroit
• Instagraminstagram.com/recovery4detroit

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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