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Rosecrance Florian Program for Uniformed Service Personnel
A specialized substance abuse and mental health program for those who serve
Uniformed service personnel — firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement officers, military, dispatchers, correctional officers, medical personnel, etc. — can encounter traumatic events at any time. To deal with the stress of their jobs, some may turn to alcohol and other drugs.
The Rosecrance Florian Program offers a path to lasting recovery for service personnel by bringing occupational factors into the treatment process.
Program director, Daniel DeGryse, is a retired battalion chief with 30 years’ experience working for the Chicago Fire Department and over 30 years of experience in the field of addiction and mental health. He developed the program in collaboration with Dr. Raymond Garcia, a board-certified psychiatrist and addictionologist who is trained and experienced in treating uniformed service personnel for co-occurring disorders.
The Florian Program addresses the complex biopsychosocial issues unique to the culture of firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement officers, and military.
Core services include:
Treatment for co-occurring disorders such as substance abuse, PTSD, anxiety, depression and ADHD
On-site detox with medication assistance
Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations
Individual, group and family therapy
One-on-one counseling and group therapy with a peer/professional
Peer support groups
Pain assessment and treatment
Counseling with a certified chaplain
Experiential therapies, including art and recreation
Nutrition and health education
Physician care
Additional services are provided as needed and include
Rosecrance offers comprehensive residential and outpatient care
The Rosecrance Florian Program is located in a designated co-ed unit at Rosecrance Harrison Campus — a modern adult facility that offers a full continuum of residential and outpatient services.
If you or someone you know is in service and dealing with occupational stress-related issues such as substance use, marital problems or financial issues, Rosecrance can help. Call (866) 330-8729 to get more information.
Meet the director of the Rosecrance Florian Program
Dan DeGryse, BA, BS, CEAP, CADC, LAP-C, CAI
Dan worked 30 years in the Chicago Fire Department. He began his firefighter career in 1989 and promoted up the ranks serving as a Lieutenant, Training Officer, Captain, and Battalion Chief before he retired in 2019. He also served as the Coordinator of the Chicago Firefighters’ Union Local 2 Employee Assistance Program for 14 years serving its eight thousand members and their families. Dan has extensive clinical experience providing individual, group, and family therapy with both adults and adolescents in the area of addiction and mental health issues. Dan earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1986 and has since earned certifications becoming a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP), a Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (CADC), a Certified Labor Assistance Professional (LAP-C), a Certified ARISE Interventionist (CAI) and holds advanced training in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM).
Dan has been a member of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Behavioral Health Committee since 2002 and is recognized as a Master Instructor for the IAFF Peer Support Program. He also created and coordinated the Chicago Firefighters’ Peer Support Team. Over the years, Dan has operated in the capacity of peer supporter in his department and many others, including the efforts following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York.
Dan has spoken at a wide range of symposia, conferences, and other professional gatherings on subjects related to substance abuse and mental health issues with a highlight as the Keynote speaker at the 2018 Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC). He has also written numerous articles relating to the men and women in the fire service which have been published in Fire Engineering, Fire Chief, and Fire Rescue magazines and for blogs and online magazines including:
The Rosecrance Florian Program benefits from the experience of an advisory panel made up of firefighting and law enforcement leaders from across the nation, both active and retired. The clinical team regularly consults with the panel for ongoing guidance. Panel members are:
Joseph Casalino
Joe Casalino has served 28 years with the North Providence, RI Fire Department and currently holds the position of battalion chief. He has been the director of the fire department’s employee assistance program for the last 9 years and spent 8 years as a member of the Rhode Island Critical Incident Stress Management Team.
Casalino is trained in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention as well as individual crisis intervention, peer support training, group crisis intervention and advanced group crisis intervention. He is a certified ARISE Interventionist and co-owner of Code 3 Interventions. Casalino is a certified LAP-C, SAP and NCAC-1.
He is married and has three children.
Aurelio De La Rosa
Aurelio De La Rosa is a lifelong resident of Rockford, IL who works as an investigator assigned to the Rockford Police Department’s Training Unit. He is also active with the Police Benevolent and Protective Association Unit 6, serving as president and as a member of the Executive Board.
De La Rosa began his law enforcement career in 1991 with the Rockford Police Department. He also serves as chairman of the Rockford Police Peer to Peer Support Unit and is assigned to the SWAT Team as a scout sniper and a member of the Use of Force Review Board.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner appointed De La Rosa to be a police commissioner on the State Commission on Professional Policing. He’s been honored for his law enforcement work, receiving the 2011 Officer Brian Jackson Award for “Courage Under Fire” from the Warrior SOS Foundation and the 2016 Exceptional Service Medal from the Rockford Police Department. He is a certified instructor in many areas, including master firearms, control/defense tactics, ground fighting, Taser use, active shooter and cultural diversity.
De La Rosa also is a decorated combat Army veteran. He joined the Army in 1986 and served 4 years as an infantry sergeant. He then served 2 years in the Illinois National Guard and another 2 years in the Army Reserve. De La Rosa earned a Purple Heart for wounds he suffered while serving in Operation Just Cause in Panama.
In addition to his military and law enforcement background, De La Rosa is the proprietor of DeLaRosa Submission Wrestling Academy. He is ranked in Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Luta Livre and Shotokan Karate.
Richard Dory
Richard Dory was born on the southwest side of Chicago in 1955 and entered the Chicago Fire Department in 1976 after graduating as valedictorian of his paramedic class. He rose through the ranks as a firefighter, engineer, lieutenant and captain. He was a battalion chief for 13 years and retired with nearly 37 years on the job.
While Dory was a lieutenant, he taught three firefighter-candidate classes at the fire academy. He served on the Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 Health and Safety Committee for several years during the 1990s. While a member of the committee, Dory attended the Jeffrey Mitchell Critical Incident Stress Management class in Kansas City, Missouri. He currently serves on Local 2’s Public Relations Committee, which is primarily involved in numerous charity activities. Dory also has been an instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute for more than 20 years.
In September 2001, Dory was sent with several other members of the Chicago Fire Department to New York City by the Federal Emergency Management Association to provide peer support to firefighters working at the World Trade Center. Dory is retired but still actively volunteers with organizations such as Make-A-Wish, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Cure It Foundation and the International Association of Fire Fighters Warrior Program. He’s also a member of Local 2’s Gatekeepers peer support team.
Dory’s hobbies include fixing anything mechanical or electrical. He plays ice hockey and loves to backpack and hike in the mountains, and he’s very passionate about doing the right thing.
Jeremy Hurd
Before becoming a firefighter, Jeremy Hurd was a high school teacher and coach, and then a special-event fundraiser for two national not-for-profit charities. He was a part-time pastor intermittently in supporting roles for a few churches while maintaining a full-time career.
Hurd has been employed by Palm Beach County, FL Fire Rescue for over a decade and has been a Captain for about two years. Nearly seven years ago, the department began discussing the need for a chaplain program, which resulted in Hurd becoming the chaplain. He volunteers in that role, which supports the spiritual needs of the 1,400-member department. Hurd also is working to build the regional chaplain team in southeast Florida.
To keep current on National Incident Management System and fire training, Hurd continually takes Emergency Management Institute and National Fire Academy classes both online and on campus. He has taken many classes locally and has state certifications in the following: Live Fire Training Instructor, Inspector I, Investigator I, Instructor III, and Fire Officer I and II. He is an instructor in basic and advanced cardiovascular and pediatric advanced life supports. Hurd has a bachelor’s degree in youth ministries from Bob Jones University, and he recently received an associate degree in Fire Science from Health Career Institute. He also has been accepted in the master’s degree in Business Administration program with a specialization in public administration at Liberty University.
Hurd is scheduled to be promoted to A.R.F.F. captain next spring and is on the promotional roster for the district captain (EMS) position. He has an advanced chaplain certificate from the Federation of Fire Chaplains (FFC) and teaches classes for the FFC locally.
Patrick J. Kenny
Patrick Kenny has been a member of the fire service for more than 32 years. He retired from the Hinsdale, IL Fire Department with more than 24 ½ years of service — 14 of them as the fire chief — and he currently serves as the fire chief in Western Springs, IL.
Kenny is a member of the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Promotional Assessment Board and the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Educational & Research Foundation. He’s also a past president of the association. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Loyola University and an associate degree in Fire Science from the College of DuPage.
Recently, Kenny received the highest certification in Illinois for a Chief Officer. He is a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer program and received the Chief Officer designation from the International Association of Fire Chiefs. Kenny has twice been awarded the Fire Prevention Achievement Award by the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association as well as the Richard Arthur Lifetime Achievement Award. He was recognized by the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association as Fire Chief of the Year in 2004 and was nominated for the same award by Fire Chief Magazine for the International Association of Fire Chiefs that same year.
Kenny is an instructor for the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, Illinois Fire Service Institute and Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Academy. He has articles published in the areas of leadership, fireground safety, mental health and fire code challenges.
Anthony Lancellotti
Anthony Lancellotti is a 26-year veteran of the Providence, RI Fire Department. He is currently assigned to Ladder Co. 6, which protects the downtown and Federal Hill sections of the city. Lancellotti has been a member of the Providence Firefighters Local 799 Employee Assistance Program since 1995. He was one of six members of that group sent to assist the New York City Fire Department after the September 11 terrorist attacks. In 2003, he was asked to be the EAP’s director.
He is also the president of the Labor Assistance Professionals Rhode Island Chapter, a member of the MA/RI EAPA, and has earned certifications as a LAP-C, NCAC-1 and SAP. Lancellotti has served on the Providence Firefighters Local 799 Honor Guard and ran the hockey team that raised more than $50,000 for various charities through the city.
Lancellotti is married to Dawn, who is a schoolteacher in the nearby city of Cranston. They have three sons.
Jim Neary
Jim Neary has been a member of the Chicago Fire Department for the past 17 years and currently holds the rank of lieutenant. He is working toward a degree in Fire Science.
His certifications represent multiple areas, including hazmat, EMS and terrorism response. He has been on the Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 Health and Safety Committee since 2007 and has served as a Battalion Steward for 12 years with the Chicago Firefighters Union. Neary is a member of Local 2’s Gatekeeper peer support team and has had many personal experiences with assisting members in need.
Neary said he’s considering changing his future focus from management to something more involved with employee assistance programs.
Jim Purl
Jim Purl has served 28 years with the Chicago Fire Department and currently holds the rank of battalion chief. He distinguishes himself from the rest of the department’s battalion chiefs because he’s one of only three designated as a Special Operations Chief.
Purl has received many awards during his distinguished career, including the Lambert Tree. That honor is the highest award for bravery, which Purl received in 1993 for saving lives during the Paxton hotel fire. He also won the Illinois Medal of Honor for rescues he made at that same fire.
He started working with the Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 Gatekeeper Program in 2013 after several trainings that included suicide awareness information. Purl has intervened in several suicide situations both on the job and as a Gatekeeper. He’s passionate about helping others.
Purl was born in 1961, the youngest of five children, to Pat and William Purl. He has been married to his wife, Lynn, for nearly 30 years, and they have three daughters.
Here’s what people say about their experience with the Rosecrance Florian Program
“I am doing amazing! I am living in sober living, just with two other girls. I have just stayed super busy and loving my sober time in the city! I have 70 days today! Made it past my 60-day curse! I have been meeting up with Jim at meetings, and have talked to the other guys over the phone, along with Jess! Life is great right now! Can’t thank you enough for everything! Hope you are well!”
— Nikki P.
“All is well here! Today is Day 172 for me, I’m on duty at the firehouse, and I’m grateful that I’m not having any significant problems walking the straight and narrow.”
— D. O.
“Today, I celebrated one full year clean and sober. I cannot express how HUGE this is for me. You all were such a huge part of my success with this. Rosecrance started my path to recovery, and a year later here I am. I have a great job, I’m in school working toward a degree in social work and human services, and heavily involved with my recovery with my recovery community here. I’m so grateful to all of you for this gift and I look forward to doing for others as you all did for me. You helped save my life and give me life.”
— Jess G.
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For more information on the Rosecrance Florian Program for uniformed personnel with substance abuse and mental health disorders, call (866) 330-8729.
Joe Casalino has served 28 years with the North Providence, RI Fire Department and currently holds the position of battalion chief. He has been the director of the fire department’s employee assistance program for the last 9 years and spent 8 years as a member of the Rhode Island Critical Incident Stress Management Team.
Aurelio De La Rosa is a lifelong resident of Rockford, IL who works as an investigator assigned to the Rockford Police Department’s Training Unit. He is also active with the Police Benevolent and Protective Association Unit 6, serving as president and as a member of the Executive Board.
Richard Dory was born on the southwest side of Chicago in 1955 and entered the Chicago Fire Department in 1976 after graduating as valedictorian of his paramedic class. He rose through the ranks as a firefighter, engineer, lieutenant and captain. He was a battalion chief for 13 years and retired with nearly 37 years on the job.
Before becoming a firefighter, Jeremy Hurd was a high school teacher and coach, and then a special-event fundraiser for two national not-for-profit charities. He was a part-time pastor intermittently in supporting roles for a few churches while maintaining a full-time career.
Patrick Kenny has been a member of the fire service for more than 32 years. He retired from the Hinsdale, IL Fire Department with more than 24 ½ years of service — 14 of them as the fire chief — and he currently serves as the fire chief in Western Springs, IL.
Anthony Lancellotti is a 26-year veteran of the Providence, RI Fire Department. He is currently assigned to Ladder Co. 6, which protects the downtown and Federal Hill sections of the city. Lancellotti has been a member of the Providence Firefighters Local 799 Employee Assistance Program since 1995. He was one of six members of that group sent to assist the New York City Fire Department after the September 11 terrorist attacks. In 2003, he was asked to be the EAP’s director.
Jim Neary has been a member of the Chicago Fire Department for the past 17 years and currently holds the rank of lieutenant. He is working toward a degree in Fire Science.
Jim Purl has served 28 years with the Chicago Fire Department and currently holds the rank of battalion chief. He distinguishes himself from the rest of the department’s battalion chiefs because he’s one of only three designated as a Special Operations Chief.