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Family support agencies team up for ‘Community Baby Shower’

By MARY BYRNE Staff Writer Published: 9/28/2021 3:29:30 PM GREENFIELD — A coalition of family support agencies is hosting a “Community Baby Shower” at Court Square on Saturday, Oct. 2, to help families navigate the resources available to The baby shower, hosted by the Franklin County Perinatal Support Coalition, will take place next to the [...]

HOPE grows: Expanding fight against addiction

By J. CHERRY SULLIVANand MERRIDITH O’LEARY For the Gazette Published: 9/25/2021 7:59:06 AM "...The newest addition to this team is the Northampton Prevention Coalition, the city’s long-running youth substance use prevention coalition, led by coordinator Kara McLaughlin (who came on board in the summer.) For 10 years, the NPC was based in the school department, [...]

Sheriff’s office gets $2.6M grant to expand addiction treatment in jail

The Franklin County Jail and House of Correction in Greenfield. By DOMENIC POLI Staff Writer Published: 9/17/2021 5:03:16 PM GREENFIELD — Franklin County Sheriff Christopher Donelan announced Friday his office was awarded a $2.6 million grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to fund for five years a project to assist [...]

Tributes flow at Northampton Recovery Center’s grand opening

Lynn Ferro, Director of the Northampton Recovery Center talks during the grand opening Thursday, August 26, 2021. By BRIAN STEELE Staff Writer Published: 8/26/2021 9:08:55 PM NORTHAMPTON — “It’s hard for me to talk,” Ralph D’Amico said, choking back tears. “If I knew this type of stuff years ago, I wouldn’t be in [...]

Farmer’s market in Belchertown educates about Narcan

by: Kate Wilkinson Posted: Jul 25, 2021 / 05:51 PM EDT / Updated: Jul 25, 2021 / 06:39 PM EDT BELCHERTOWN, MASS. (WWLP) - A farmers market booth offering information and Narcan in Belchertown was met with resistance by some online, 22News discovered it’s starting a conversation that could save lives. “I was nervous for Sunday. I just saw the [...]

Salasin Project Receives Additional Funding from Western MA Women’s Fund #MeToo Grants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Becky Lockwood, Salasin Project Director Email: blockwood@wmtcinfo.org Salasin Project Receives Additional Funding from Western MA Women’s Fund #MeToo Grants GREENFIELD, MA July 16, 2021 – The Salasin Project in Franklin County, a program of the Western Massachusetts Training Consortium, has received $10,000 from the Women’s Fund of Western MA to sustain [...]

Community agencies get trained to offer Strengthening Families Program

By CHRIS LARABEE Staff Writer, Greenfield Recorder Published: 6/18/2021 2:38:32 PM GREENFIELD — Local family-serving agencies and volunteers attended a three-day training session at The RECOVER Project last week to learn about the Strengthening Families Program. The program, run over seven weeks, focuses on building family relationships through topics such as stress, communication and love. [...]

New digs: Northampton Recovery Center settles in at former bakery

Gina Outhuse, top center, of Westfield leads the first meeting of a six-week art group held in the large gathering space of the Northampton Recovery Center's new home on Armory Street in Northampton on Friday, May 21, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING, Hampshire Gazette 5-22-21 NORTHAMPTON – On April 20, the Northampton Recovery Center [...]

Baystate Wing Hospital Awards $30,000 in Grants to Address Substance-use Disorders

PICTURED: Community volunteers preparing for a local flower fundraiser to support the WRRC HealthCareNews.com 5/21/21 [...] Programs supported by the hospital’s grant investments include the Western Massachusetts Training Consortium ($22,000) and the Wilbraham Police Department ($8,000). The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium funding will help provide an enhanced recovery-support network to the region and [...]

Northampton Recovery Center opens in new, larger space to expand programming

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: NRC Director Lynn Ferro (413) 834-8627 lferro@wmtcinfo.org Northampton Recovery Center opens in new, larger space to expand programming NORTHAMPTON, MA May 17, 2021 – On April 20, the Northampton Recovery Center (NRC) ushered in an exciting new era, opening a fully-renovated location at 25 Armory Street, in what used [...]

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