Clearbrook Honors Veterans Day With Its First Responders in Recovery Program, Built by First Responders for First Responders

BALDWINVILLE, Mass., , Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This Veterans Day, Clearbrook Treatment Centers is recognizing the veterans and first responders in its First Responders in Recovery program at Clearbrook Massachusetts. The program offers addiction and mental health treatment designed specifically for police officers, corrections officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics, 911 dispatchers, and military members and veterans.

Program manager Anthony Jones created the program in 2019 and brought it to Clearbrook Massachusetts in 2023. It has served about 1,100 first responders and veterans. An Air Force veteran and retired corrections officer, Jones has been a police officer, firefighter, EMT, critical incident stress management team member and Massachusetts EMS instructor.

"It has been the honor and privilege of my life and career to serve the women and men who bravely don the uniform of their country, state, county or municipality, despite the profound toll that work can take on their mental and physical health," Jones said.

Care from people who have worn the uniform

Much of the program's clinical team has served as first responders or in the military:

• Case manager Ann Jones is a retired sergeant with the Massachusetts Department of Correction, a former police officer and a former trainer of service dogs paired with veterans.
• Primary therapist James Cline is a Marine Corps and Army veteran and a former police officer.
• Support staff include former first responders who are alumni of the program.

"One of the significant parts of our program is that our clinical team includes people who have served as first responders and veterans themselves," Jones said.

Participants live in separate housing where all programming takes place. "It's not because they are better or worse than the civilian population at Clearbrook, but because their service, their needs and their concerns are different," Jones said. Treatment is confidential and follows federal privacy law.

Programming addresses topics including identity, moral injury, cumulative stress, addiction's effects on the brain and body, post-traumatic growth, critical incident management and relationships. The team includes two staff members certified in EMDR, two certified in the Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) protocol and one certified problem gambling specialist.

Honoring veterans this Veterans Day

Veterans take part in the same curriculum as the program's other members. Many veterans move into first responder careers after leaving the military, going from "one uniform to another," as Jones puts it. To mark Veterans Day, Clearbrook will honor the veterans in the program with a token of appreciation and a catered luncheon.

First responders, veterans and their families can learn more about the First Responders in Recovery program or call Clearbrook's admissions team 24/7 at (855) 587-4673.

About Clearbrook Treatment Centers

Clearbrook Treatment Centers provides addiction and mental health treatment for adults at campuses in Baldwinville, Massachusetts, and Laurel Run, Pennsylvania. Clearbrook is part of the Banyan Treatment Centers network.

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