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Please join West Region Self Advocacy during their 18th Annual Conference!
When: June 25, 2022 Where: Sheraton Hotel, Springfield MA Featuring keynote speaker, author and self-advocate Dr. Temple Grandin! About Dr. Temple Grandin, from West Region Self Advocacy’s Speaker Announcement: Dr. Grandin is a prominent author and speaker on both...
Greenfield Notebook: Feb. 11, 2022
Healing from Trauma support group offered GREENFIELD — The Salasin Project is providing a confidential support and discussion group that explores the impact of interpersonal violence and trauma on individuals. Participants will also examine how to identify ways to...
Building a new recovery coach program
BY SUE DALEY THE SENTINEL • THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022 [...] In 2021, I was hired by the Western Massachusetts Training Consortium to serve as the first recovery coach supervisor for the Ware Regional Recovery Center. It is exciting to be helping to build a new...
Jan 5: Same Day Hiring Event with Home & Community Connections
Come join Home & Community Connections for their Same Day Hiring Event on January 5th! We'll be at 187 High St, Suite 202, in Holyoke from 10 AM to 2 PM. All levels of experience are welcome, with sign on bonuses for the following open positions! Program Manager...
OnBoard Matching Event draws organizations, individuals (photos)
Updated: Dec. 08, 2021, 6:57 a.m. | Published: Dec. 08, 2021, 6:57 a.m.By The Republican Newsroom SPRINGFIELD — The 2021 OnBoard Matching Event took place Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Valley Venture Mentors at 276 Bridge St. OnBoard, which merged last month with United Way of...
Noted author to speak about having opioid-addicted family members
Updated: Dec. 05, 2021, 4:43 p.m. | Published: Dec. 05, 2021, 4:42 p.m. By Dave Canton [...] Jarrett J. Krosoczka, award-winning author of the young readers’ graphic novel “Hey, Kiddo,” knows well what it is to live with a parent’s addiction. The Hampshire HOPE Opioid...
Northampton Recovery Center fighting addiction with unique approach
by: Jillian Andrews Posted: Nov 10, 2021 / 05:40 PM EST / Updated: Nov 10, 2021 / 07:02 PM EST NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – [...] Drug addiction is very much an issue locally and across the state. The Northampton Recovery Center (NRC) is a peer driven community, just...
The Consortium Announces New Development Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kristel ApplebeeWestern Massachusetts Training Consortium(413) 536-2401 [email protected] The Consortium Announces New Development Director Terrie Thompson is the Consortium’s New Director of Development HOLYOKE, MA November 9,...
First peer-run respite opens as alternative to hospitalization for people in mental health distress
by Taylor Knopf | August 18, 2021 NORTH CAROLINA - On a patio tucked behind an old brick two-story house, Susan Hart sat on a glider surrounded by lush green plants under the glow of string lights. She wondered aloud what it would have been like to check herself into...
It’s Not Just Britney
The Cut By Sandy Allen | July 2, 2021 [...] The day after Britney’s statement to an L.A. court last week, one heard around the world, I called up a psychiatric-survivor activist I’ve gotten to know, Caroline Mazel-Carlton. Mazel-Carlton, who’s also a...