NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain awarded the Jordan Porco Foundation (JPF) a $12,500 grant from the Catalyst Fund, a giving circle that offers an opportunity for local citizens to transform a modest gift into major community impact.
SOUTHBURY, CT -- The Pomperaug District Department of Health, which covers Southbury, Woodbury and Oxford, will use a $23,000 grant from the Connecticut Community Foundation to run programs for older adults who use prescription pain medications. The new program, called Senior Health Opiate Awareness and Response (SHOAR), will add senior-specific presentations to existing opioid prevention initiatives and new Chronic Pain Self-Management Programs for senior communities in the three towns.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The CTV191 show Focus, hosted by Jim MacGillavry, will have a live call-in session to take your questions about opioids on Tuesday, September 19 from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
TORRINGTON, CT -- A new report about the impact of opioids was the center of a roundtable discussion in Torrington Wednesday afternoon. The report, “Beneath the Surface: The Opioid Epidemic in Northwest Connecticut” explores the crime rates related to opioid addiction in the area, insurance rates, treatment admission rates, how the crisis started, and what solutions can work specifically in a rural region. The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, the Foundation for Community Health, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the McCall Center for Behavioral Health partnered to publish the report.