Founder, President, CEO
Detroit Recovery Project
Andre L. Johnson, a native Detroiter, is the Founder/President/CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project Incorporated–a non-profit, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) delivering services to more than 3,000 people annually.
Detroit Recovery Project provides comprehensive integrated health services that include a full range of mental health and substance-use disorder services such as: primary care, therapy, psychiatric evaluations, peer recovery coaching; GED preparation; twelve-step support groups; housing assistance; job readiness and employment assistance, as well as and HIV prevention, testing, counseling and harm reduction services.
Johnson is known internationally for his work in the field of addiction. In 2016, Johnson was recognized at the White House by President Barack Obama as the “2016 Champion of Change for Prevention, Treatment and Recovery”. Johnson consulted on behalf of the United States President Emergency Plan Against Aids to the Department of Ministry of Health, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Zanzibar. Johnson is also a board member of the Wayne Center–an agency that provides services for the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled.