Children and adolescents who are experiencing a mental health crisis can now receive the vital and immediate support needed to stabilize and begin healing at The Village for Families & Children’s new, walk-in Urgent Crisis Center (UCC) in Hartford.
Read MoreAcclaimed University of Connecticut Professor Cato T. Laurencin, CEO of The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering at UConn, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine Council.
Read MoreThe Jordan Porco Foundation’s Fresh Check Day has been designated as a best practice for suicide prevention for colleges and universities by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center is funded by SAMHSA, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Department of Public Health website lists the Arizona College of Nursing atop its list of Baccalaureate Nursing Education (4 Years) higher education institutions in Connecticut. Although an East Hartford location is in the works, student registration for classes has not yet begun for this fall.
Read MoreGirl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has acknowledged Grace Wentland of West Hartford for her outstanding community-based project. The national non-profit has awarded Wentland a $10,000 scholarship for her anti-bullying initiative, entitled, “The Starfish Project.”
Read MoreStudents at Central Connecticut State University were learning about the impact of poverty on the community, and, particularly, young people, before completing a service project to give back to the greater New Britain community. What they learned open eyes, and hearts.
Read MoreThe University of Connecticut is one of 20 award recipients nationwide of a 5-year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a project to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children and adolescents.
Read MoreAs Connecticut addresses health equity, additional work needs to be done, experts warn. From 2016 to 2022, one third of the state's residents did not visit a primary care physician, according to data from the Connecticut Health Policy Project.
Read MoreDuring Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, experts are seeking better access to Alzheimer's treatment drugs. In Connecticut, 80,000 people age 65 and older live with this illness.
Read MoreGiven the increased awareness surrounding mental health challenges throughout population demographics from youth to seniors, what would it look like if community organizations collaborated to respond? Norwalk, Connecticut offers one approach, which will be visible throughout the city in the coming weeks and beyond.
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