Joe Powell receives Recovery People’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
Joe Powell receives Recovery People’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
In recognition of his life’s work promoting recovery, RecoveryPeople is excited to announce Joe Powell as our 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Joe Powell has been in long-term recovery for thirty-six years. Since 1998, he has been a founding member and President/CEO of APAA in Dallas, TX, which offers peer-to-peer mental health and substance use recovery support. APAA is the first RCO in Texas with National Exemplary Accreditation for Peer Recovery Support Services.
Mr. Powell, a U.S. Army Veteran and licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor for over 30 years, is dedicated to promoting health, wellness, and recovery. He chairs the Peer Committee for the Texas Certification Board and is a founding member of National Faces and Voices of Recovery. He has trained Peer Specialists for UNT and Eastfield College and provides hospital and jail diversion support for North Texas Behavioral Health Authority.