Frequently Asked Questions

Recovery Centers of America is a leading provider of expert addiction treatment. We were founded because we know the heartache, damage and pain addiction causes those suffering from substance use disorder as well as their family, friends and neighbors. Recovery Centers of America believes that addiction treatment should be affordable, accessible and evidence-based. Our mission is to help 1 million patients achieve a life of recovery by providing evidence-based alcohol and drug addiction treatment in your neighborhood. With 12 inpatient and outpatient locations in PA, NJ, MD, MA, IL, and IN, and SC we make it easy to get treatment close to home.

Our audience primarily consists of Licensed Professionals in the field of substance use disorder or mental health and individuals who work in the addiction and mental health industry. Our trainers are licensed experts in the fields of Trauma, Interventions, Addiction Medicine, Harm Reduction, and Clinical Psychology. Anyone can take an RCA Academy course, for free. Our primary audience consists of licensed professionals in the field of substance use disorder treatment or mental health, including (but not limited to):

• Licensed Clinicians
  • LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor
  • LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
  • LCADAC, Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor
• Licensed Social Workers
  • LICSW, Licensed Independent Social Workers
  • LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • ACSW, Academy of Certified Social Worker
• Caseworkers
• Certified Peer Specialists
• Recovery Support Specialists
• Psychologists
• Individuals in the field of Substance Use Disorders or Mental Health Disorders
• Nurses
• Doctors
• HR Professionals

We post all our courses on our Upcoming Courses page. You can also sign up to be notified of new courses here.

Course attendees receive a follow-up email containing course slides and a link to a course evaluation.  Course evaluations must be completed and submitted in order to receive course credit. It takes about 15 business days after a course has ended for CE certificate to be issued to participants who completed the course evaluations via email.

Please ensure that you have submitted your course evaluation and have waited 15 business days. If you still do not have a certificate for completing one of our courses, please email us at events@recoverycoa.com with the following information:

• Your full name
• Date of course
• Name of course

We use Zoom to track attendance. We are able to pull a report at the end of each course that shows who was logged in to the course and how long they were logged in for.  This attendance report serves as our sign-in sheet. If you call in to listen to the webinar, but do not log in to Zoom, you will not be counted as attending. Each individual must be logged in to the webinar separately, we cannot issue credit to individuals who watch the webinar on a colleague’s computer screen. 

PowerPoint slides are automatically emailed out to course participants in the follow-up email that is sent once a course is completed.

We are not permitted to share recordings of our courses as they must be delivered as live webinars in order for us to be able to issue credit.

Recovery Centers of America has been approved by NBCC and NAADAC to provide continuing education credits. We recommend that course participants check with their state licensing boards to check if they accept NAADAC and NBCC CEs as each state board has different requirements. Because regulations may change at any time, it is the sole responsibility of the licensee to maintain compliance with their Board’s continuing education policies and regulations.

Information on NBCC

• Recovery Centers of America has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7002. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Recovery Centers of America is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. For more information about NBCC, please visit their website: https://www.nbcc.org/

Information on NAADAC

• Individuals participating in educational programs offered by NAADAC Approved Education Providers are assured that the continuing education (CE) hours provided for each course will be accepted toward national credentialing by the National Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals (NCC AP), as well as many of the individual state licensing/certification bodies in the addiction and other helping professions. It is at the discretion of the individual to confirm CE acceptance policies with their state licensing/certification board.