For the People

We're bookending For the People with folks and nonprofits working to address and reduce violence in our communities. First we'll meet the Program Manager at CT Violence Intervention and Prevention who is Connecticut's only representative to the first ever Community Violence Intervention Leadership Cohort at the University of Chicago who is prepping for her upcoming graduation at the White House. T...

With An estimated 7 million Americans struggling with gambling addiction, we contacted our source with the nonprofit Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling to discuss a proposal to secure federal funds to treat and research gambling addiction. Then we're welcoming back AARP Connecticut to review some of the high points of their 2024 Legislative Agenda, and to remind local communities and qualifie...

This week marked the one-year anniversary of Connecticut launching its legal adult-use cannabis marketplace, so we'll connect with a spokesperson from the agency overseeing that program to look back on year one, and give us some insight on how this marketplace will be expanding in 2024. This year's CT Voices for Children State of Early Childhood report is responding to the Governor's Blue Ribbon P...

Our first guest of the new year is from CHDI discussing their newly launched CONNECTing Schools to Care IV Students initiative to integrate trauma-informed comprehensive school mental health supports into the existing community-based network of care - as well as connecting you to their helpful Connect4Families Toolkit. Then we'll introduce to you the Governor M. Jodi Rell Center for Public Service...

Our New Year's Eve program is visiting a few of our most informative and special segments, including our mid-July chat with the CEO of the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center talking about how his team is delivering a wide range of physical, mental, dental and wellness services to neighborhoods that need it the most. We'll also celebrate the opening of the center's new Dixwell Q-House. Then we'll rep...

Hey,  it's not too late to consider giving someone you know one of the most special and unique gifts ever - tuition to Bee School which comes with membership to the Back Yard Beekeepers Association (BYBA), so we'll feature an association member who will be sharing knowledge about beekeeping, and is dedicated to educating beekeepers and promoting the benefits of beekeeping to the public.  Then, it'...

Holidays mean visiting with loved ones - and if you notice developing issues related to aging, we'll connect you with experts from Assisted Living Services and one of Connecticut's Area Agencies on Aging to explain the little-known Adult Family Living-Foster Caregiver Program that can help loved ones continue aging in place at home. Then we're revisiting Connecticut's groundbreaking mattress recyc...

For the People hits the road again, landing at thge region's first of its kind Food Farmacy of Greater Danbury - that's Farmacy with an 'F'. We'll visit folks who helped create this unique public health program as well as the facility to help support it and  hundreds of families it's already serving since it opened a few weeks ago. Then we'll head from the 'Hat City' to the Park City for a candid...

Our on site visit to this year's Green Village Initiative Harvest Fest was bittersweet. While it preceded a major change for this urban agricultural nonprofit that has done so well supporting equity, community, anti-racism, wellness, knowledge-sharing, and youth mentorship, along with responding hunger and promoting food justice - the festival also provided an opportunity to meet and learn about n...

The Child Health and Development Institute's latest research produced a blueprint for strengthening Connecticut's behavioral health workforce for our children, so tune in and be among the first to learn how this report can help fast-track the help our kids need!  Then....we'll hear how grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation will support advocacy efforts to expand health care coverage to mor...

Since 1966 the nonprofit Continuum of Care has been serving adults diagnosed with mental illness and severe developmental and intellectual disabilities. The agency is preparing for its Holiday Bazaar that will help fund a brand new and comprehensive program that will save taxpayers millions addressing homeless individuals diagnosed with one or more of these issues - so tune in and see how you can...

Hear from the leader of SCORE of Western CT about all the free and confidential resources for you whether you are a business owner who wants to take things to the next level, you're ready to break out on your own as an entrepreneur, or if you are a business person who's willing to share your talents and expertise as a mentor or coach. Then, we'll connect with Connecticut's Agriculture Commissioner...

Meet the CEO of Waveny LifeCare Network and hear how this regional nonprofit is delivering a comprehensive continuum of healthcare to seniors with diverse therapeutic programs, services and living options. Waveny is celebrating 50 years of service and an important new partnership going into 2024, so tune in and learn all about them. Then it's time to check in with our source at the CT DOT on subje...

We're closing out our 3-part series 'AARP & You' - tapping expert sources from the national AARP network to provide critical information to better protect everyone in Connecticut. In this segment, you'll learn the 3 most important things to immediately do if you are the victim of fraud. Then we're circling back with CT Housing Partners CEO and one of their developers to provide some insight in...

Meet Impact Fairfield County - a women's collective giving organization funding large transformational grants for qualified nonprofits. The next application period opens October 16, so if you are involved with or volunteer for, get services from a nonprofit that operates or programs in Fairfield County, listen in and learn more. Then we're introducing Thin Line Peer Support Team, Inc, a non- profi...

During International Overdose Awareness Week we featured the first of a two-part interview with the leader of Liberation Programs, which serves about 1,000 people a day in our region with addiction recovery and mental health support initiatives. Now, we're continuing that conversation. Then we're turning our attention back to ALICE - Asset Limited Income Constrained & Employed. United Way of C...

Can you believe veterans, active-duty service members and their families are nearly 40% more likely to lose money to scams and fraud? So, for the 2nd part of our latest series "AARP & You" we'll go to a veteran and AARP expert to help share how to identify and combat veterans-related scams.  Then we'll connect with the CT Office of the Arts to tout the October 7 READI Set Music Conference, a d...

AARP has something for everybody - and we'll prove it as we kick off our latest series 'AARP & You' - a three-pert deep dive into issues that could affect us all, including ways to help protect yourself from imposters stealing your identity, supporting our veterans, and a few important things you need to know regarding gift cards. Then we'll reconnect with the Valley Community Foundation and p...

The Connecticut Technology Council's Women of Innovation event is the state's first women in tech awards, which now includes over 800 women as winners and finalists. So we'll touch base with CTC's new Executive Director to get the latest on how the CTC can help if you are in a tech or STEM field - and how you can help support Connecticut's Women of Innovation. Then, we'll welcome back Cindi Bigelo...

This morning we're reconnecting with Children in Placement to discuss their critical work with young people. Since 1979, CIP has advocated for the best interests of Connecticut’s abused and neglected children throughout the child welfare and judicial systems by securing them safe homes, supportive services, and a stable transition into adulthood. Then we'll meet a representative From The Exception...

We're welcoming back Rebecca Kowalski who co-founded the CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation to honor her son Chase Michael Anthony Kowalski - one of the 20 student victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We'll hear about how their programs have been ramping back up since the COVID era, and remind you about how to get your kids involved, or to support the cause at a couple of cool upcoming events...

Meet the founder of the nonprofit JoeAbate  Foundation, and learn how it's supporting families with babies in the Yale New Haven Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, as wll as creating micro-internships to help students discover career possibilities. We'll also invite you to the nonprofiit's upcoming Light Up the Night fundraiser. Then we'll be inviting you to join or support the Probus Club of...

This week, we're introducing the CT Violence Intervention Program - CTVIP. This nonprofit practices trauma-informed care and unconditional care with every youth they come in contact with, providing a one-stop shop for at-risk youth and generally at-risk victims of violence throughout the New Haven region. Then we're checking in with State Senator Tony Hwang to discuss some of the most important ou...

If you are a small or medium size business, a start-up or entrepreneur who is ready to rock and roll, we've got a representative of the CT Small Business Development Center to let you in on everything the SBDC can do for you. Then we'll help parents, friends and loved ones of adolescents and teens facing possible mental health challenges access an important new resource from the CT Council of Fami...

We're inviting you back out to the Reservoir Community Farm to attend next weekend's Green Village Initiative (GVI) First Urban Farming Extravaganza connecting farmers and gardeners to engage in beginner and intermediate hands-on workshops with the goal of growing knowledge and interconnection, rooted in our shared goal to feed our loved ones and communities. Next — are you aware that right now, C...