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Therapist Shortage Fuels Ongoing Crisis In Youth Mental Health

Anna Dellarosa, at left, is raising her three great-nieces in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Gretchen Emond is co-director of The Support Network, which assists families in navigating the mental health care system.Credit: BEN JAMES / NEPM By BEN JAMES • APR 15, 2021 Gretchen Emond and Anna Dellarosa have a relationship forged from years [...]

Local health practice boosts community supports at peer recovery center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Kate Farley The Consortium (413) 536-2401 x5511 mfarley@wmtcinfo.org Local health practice boosts community supports at peer recovery center Atkinson Family Practice sponsors Ware Regional Recovery Center to address opiate use. HOLYOKE, MA March 5, 2021 – Ware Regional Recovery Center (WRRC), a supported community of the Western Massachusetts Training Consortium [...]

Greenfield Notebook: March 2, 2021

Support group offered for caregivers GREENFIELD — The Salasin Project and The RECOVER Project are sponsoring a virtual support group for caregivers who have experienced domestic violence, substance use and/or recovery. The group has open enrollment, so there is no deadline by which to sign up. The Nurturing Program for Families in Substance Abuse Treatment [...]

Virtual talks to focus on herbal medicine, trauma-sensitive yoga

On Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m., Leslie Chaison and Nora Toomey, herbalists at the People’s Medicine Project, will share approaches to supporting people who are seeking recovery or who are in active recovery. According to an Opioid Task Force press release, the presentation will cover simple recipes and herbs that can help nourish the [...]

Web design business gives back through donation

Published: 2/11/2021 1:33:59 PM GREENFIELD — Common Media, a web design and communications business based at 278 Main St. Greenfield, recently donated to the Western Massachusetts Training Consortium, an umbrella organization that supports numerous local recovery communities. According to a Western Massachusetts Training Consortium press release, the donation will support the work of The RECOVER Project, [...]

Women’s Fund of Western Mass to award $250K to organizations that assist women

by: Sofía Hernández Carrillo Posted: Feb 2, 2021 / 12:38 PM EST / Updated: Feb 2, 2021 / 12:38 PM EST (Photo Credit: Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts (WFWM) announced different upcoming grant opportunities, with up to $250,000 available for organizations that serve women and girls in Berkshire, [...]

Local Web Design Business Gives Back to Franklin County Community

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Kate Farley The Consortium (413) 536-2401 x5511 mfarley@wmtcinfo.org Local Web Design Business Gives Back to Franklin County Community During the holiday season, Common Media of Greenfield gifts gracious donation to the Consortium HOLYOKE, MA January 25, 2021 – The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium is pleased to announce it has received [...]

Isolation and opioids during the pandemic

By Mattea Kramer Published September 27, 2020 2:17AM (UTC) This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. ...Back in March, one of the first recommendations for reducing the transmission of the coronavirus was, of course, to stay home — but not everyone has a home, and when businesses, restaurants, libraries, and other public spaces locked their doors, [...]

Mayor’s task force focusing on rise in domestic violence during pandemic

[CONTINUE READING]...“Advocates can help you to think about your personal situation and work with you to create a safety plan,” the statement reads, adding that a safety plan is a personalized, practical plan that identifies ways to remain safe while in a relationship, whether you are planning to stay or leave. “It may include telling [...]

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