What You Need To Know
Carrier Clinic was the recipient of a private grant totalling $25,000 from the Farris Foundation to expand the hospital’s Music for Recovery program. Currently available to Carrier’s adolescent behavioral health residential patients, the influx of funding will enable the hospital to expand the program to adult patients who utilize outpatient addiction services at both Carrier Clinic’s Blake Recovery Center and The Retreat & Recovering At Ramapo Valley.
The goal of the program is to help patients slow down, become comfortable with gradual improvements and begin to relax about making mistakes, ultimately hoping to see an 80% reduction in stress and anxiety and an increase in hope, happiness and confidence in building a sober future.
Activities included in the Music for Recovery program include:
- Group songwriting
- Recovery concerts
- Instrumental music lessons
- Performance coaching
- Lyric analysis and creating recovery/mental health playlists
- Other music-based activities such as DJing
Each year, Blake Recovery Center, a substance use disorder treatment program offering inpatient detox and residential services, as well as intensive outpatient services, treats 2,400 adult patients annually, and the Retreat & Recovery At Ramapy Valley, which opened its doors in 2022 as an outpatient addiction treatment center located in Mahwah, NJ, saw more than 1,800 visits.
This grant brings Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation, which raises funds for Carrier Clinic and behavioral health services throughout Hackensack Meridian Health, one step closer to its $1 billion fundraising goal as part of its Be The Difference campaign, the largest fundraising campaign ever undertaken by a health care network in New Jersey.
Launched in September 2024, Be The Difference is a transformational effort focusing on four key pillars: enhancing the delivery of patient care, accelerating groundbreaking research and discovery, expanding equitable access to advanced care and revolutionizing medical education while supporting the nursing profession. Through this ambitious initiative, Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation aims to reshape health care for patients, clinicians and the diverse communities it serves, paving the way for a brighter, healthier future.
To learn more about Carrier Clinic’s Music for Recovery Program or to make a gift in support of Carrier Clinic, please visit GiveHMH.org/CarrierClinic or contact Michael Loch, director of development for Carrier Clinic, at michael.loch@hmhn.org.