Becky Tinney

Background

About Becky Tinney

Becky Tinney holds a bachelor’s in Business Administration from Northwood University and a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Texas Arlington, with an emphasis on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. She is a Licensed Master Level Social Worker, a Certified Prevention Specialist, and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor. Becky has worked in the social services field for 10 years and currently serves as the Director of Special Projects at Recovery Resource Center (RRC). Becky is attributed with the agency’s recent success in launching the Overdose Response Team program in both Dallas and Tarrant County, and has recently initiated an Overdose Fatality Review committee for Tarrant County, the first in the state of Texas. Becky oversees RRC’s position as the Public Health Partner for the Center for Disease Control’s Overdose Response Strategy program for the North Texas region (a partnership program with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program). She is a contributing member on several opioid-focused task forces and work groups across the metroplex, including the City of Dallas’s Opioid and Fentanyl Strike Force, Tarrant County Public Health’s Overdose Workgroup, UNT Police Departments Fentanyl/Overdose Awareness Coalition, and Dallas ISD’s Substance Abuse Task Force. Becky is passionate about serving others, making community-level impact, and creating and leading programs that are aimed at reducing harm and making meaningful change.