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For the People is touching base with Connecticut' Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services following International Overdose Awareness Day – to provide an added voice amplifying the agency's LiveLOUD campaign, which is designed to inform and support those who are actively using fentanyl, heroin, or prescription opioids, as well as their families and communities.

We're bringing back Connecticut's Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas for a new conversation to unpack what you need to know about navigating our state's new Early Voting program, the No-Excuse Absentee Voting ballot question that voters will consider in November, and a few things key points about about election misinformation and misconceptions.

Check out our chat with Bridges Healthcare, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, providing comprehensive, innovative, and effective mental health, addiction recovery, and integrated healthcare services to individuals of all ages - and find out how to walk or ride for them at their upcoming Folks on Spokes & Step Forward Ride + Walk For Mental Health.

Check out our chat with Bridges Healthcare, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, providing comprehensive, innovative, and effective mental health, addiction recovery, and integrated healthcare services to individuals of all ages - and find out how to walk or ride for them at their upcoming Folks on Spokes & Step Forward Ride + Walk For Mental Health. Then, we're bringing back Connec...

For the People is reconnecting with Disability:IN Connecticut, which is supporting businesses in Connecticut committed to disability inclusion in the workplace and supply chain. We'll hear about their latest annual meeting and celebration of a number of state companies that are making it their business to hire and train alternately-abled residents for productive and fulfilling careers in our state...

Join For the People as we check in with a rep from the CT Psychological Association who is poised to send her own child off to kindergarten this fall! She will provide parents, caregivers, and educators some important and relatable tips to help minimize the anxiety that often presents around the first few days and weeks of a new school year.

Check out the second part of our mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Learn how your philanthropy and volunteerism can continue helping RVNAhealth provide exceptional home and community health care services, like they've been doing for over 100 years.

Check out the second part of our mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Learn how your philanthropy and volunteerism can continue helping RVNAhealth provide exceptional home and community health care services, like they've been doing for over 100 years. Then we'll check in with a rep from the CT Psychological Association...

Check out our information-packed conversation with a co-founder and researcher representing MitoCure. This nonprofit exists to educate communities about Mitochondrial Disease and to generate financial support for the most promising research for a cure, by providing 100 % of all donations directly to research efforts around the world. Learn more about the cause, the important work being done to fin...

If you live on or anywhere near the Naugatuck river, you are potentially impacted by the detrimental environmental harm being caused by the Kinneytown Dam. So we're connecting with the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments to get the details you need to know, and inviting you to be part of the solution at an important public info session next week that will be mapping out the dam's removal proce...

Check out the first part of a mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Hear how RVNAhealth has been providing exceptional home and community health care services, supports public health and safety, and has promoted the highest quality of life for over 100 years.  

Check out the first part of a mini-series featuring RVNAhealth - a private, nonprofit organization serving nearly 3 dozen neighboring communities. Hear how RVNAhealth has been providing exceptional home and community health care services, supports public health and safety, and has promoted the highest quality of life for over 100 years.   Then - if you live on or anywhere near the Naugatuck river,...

For the People is circling back with the CEO of New Haven's Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center. A recent story about the abrupt closing of another similar facility in town got us thinking about agencies like this one  facing even greater challenges as the regional pool of mental health and addiction service providers continues to dry up. Tune in and find out how Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center is r...

Hang with us as we celebrate the 2024 honorees who will be introduced at the Girl Scouts of Connecticut's Annual Legacy of Leadership fundraising event coming up in September in Bridgeport. We'll catch up with the organization's new CEO and chat briefly with all three of these legacy honorees.

It seemed appropriate to open our August 11 program focusing on Call Before You Dig - since it was National 8-1-1 Day! So, sit tight and get all the information you need to know about this critical public safety program that identifies any underground utilities that may be in the way of where you want to dig - whether it's in your garden, putting up a new mailbox, or excavating to put in a pool, f...

It seems appropriate that we open our August 11 program focusing on Call Before You Dig - since it's National 8-1-1 Day! So, sit tight and get all the information you need to know about this critical public safety program that identifies any underground utilities that may be in the way of where you want to dig - whether it's in your garden, putting up a new mailbox, or excavating to put in a pool,...

For the People is proud to introduce you to TriCircle - an organization that provides resources for individuals, families, and communities affected by the disease of addiction. Through education and community engagement, you'll learn from its founder how TriCircle is dedicated to providing the tools that build strong futures!

Get ready for a serious chat with Connecticut's - and the nation's - first Cannabis Ombudsperson. Hear all about how this unique government post came to be, and how residents and constituents can engage and access its information resources, support and guidance. 

After some transitions, the Bridgeport-based Green Village Initiative, and its neighborhood garden program and Reservoir Community Farm are growing again. So check out our spirited conversation with GVI's new outreach coordinator to find out how you can support or benefit from this unique agricultural cooperative.

After some transitions, the Bridgeport-based Green Village Initiative, and its neighborhood garden program and Reservoir Community Farm are growing again. So check out our spirited conversation with GVI's new outreach coordinator to find out how you can support or benefit from this unique agricultural cooperative. Then, get ready for a serious chat with Connecticut's - and the nation's - first Can...

For the People spent a recent weekend proudly patronizing the Homegrown by Heroes Farmer’s Market at Guardians Farm in Southbury. We took the opportunity to meet and chat with a number of inspiring and aspiring veteran farmers along with representatives of several agencies supporting the cause.  So, check out our conversations with the Guardian Farm founder, the Farmer Veteran Coalition of Connect...

We're checking in with United Way of Connecticut, which is celebrating 988 - the National Suicide Prevention hotline. We'll learn why callers to 988 in Connecticut connect to caring, well-trained intervention and support specialists, as well as a wealth of resources that can help address the very issues causing callers' anxiety and hopelessness.

Listen in as we take a call from the Iowa / Wisconsin border to speak with a cross country cyclist and board member for Career Resources, Inc. who is pedaling from Norwalk to Oregon to raise over $100,000 to support the job training, workforce development, and second-chance career opportunities for thousands of qualified individuals in the region.

We're thrilled to bring back the co-founder of All Our Kin, a national nonprofit organization  training, supporting, and sustaining family child care educators. There's lots to chat about as All Our Kin turns 25 years old, celebrates its latest career training class graduates, and prepares for their upcoming first-ever gala.

We're thrilled to bring back the co-founder of All Our Kin, a national nonprofit organization  training, supporting, and sustaining family child care educators. There's lots to chat about as All Our Kin turns 25 years old, celebrates its latest career training class graduates, and prepares for their upcoming first-ever gala. Then, we'll take a call from the Iowa / Wisconsin border and speak with a...