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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...
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...
New digs: Northampton Recovery Center settles in at former bakery
STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING, Hampshire Gazette 5-22-21 NORTHAMPTON – 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 to be the La Fiorentina bakery in the heart of...
Baystate Wing Hospital Awards $30,000 in Grants to Address Substance-use Disorders
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...
Northampton Recovery Center opens in new, larger space to expand programming
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: NRC Director Lynn Ferro(413) 834-8627lferro@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...
Therapist Shortage Fuels Ongoing Crisis In Youth Mental Health
By BEN JAMES • APR 15, 2021 Gretchen Emond and Anna Dellarosa have a relationship forged from years of common experience. “We are parents with lived experience raising a child with a mental health challenge,” said Emond, a family support therapist and co-director...
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....
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...
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...
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...