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Margaret Watt, Prevention Director at Positive Directions – The Center for Prevention and Counseling, speaks Friday at a City Hall press conference. Norwalk Partnership is one of many nonprofits “available to support Norwalk, those who are struggling with your mental health or your substance use,” she said.
NORWALK, Conn. Norwalk citizens need to help each other with the distress caused by COVID-19, community leaders said in a Friday press conference.
A recent survey revealed “sobering statistics” – 62% of respondents, “way more than half,” reported experiencing psychological distress, said Margaret Watt, Prevention Director at Positive Directions – The Center for Prevention and Counseling. Of those, 29% described moderate or severe symptoms.
Ray Leslie, data analyst for Norwalk ACTS. shares neighborhood information at Tuesday’s convening.
NORWALK, Conn. Connecting data to the needs of the community and using it to drive the questions, find the challenges, and enhance new ideas and solutions. That was the main theme of Norwalk ACTS quarterly meeting on Tuesday, which featured the unveiling of two data dashboards one on kindergarten preparedness and another on a breakdown of the Norwalk neighborhoods.
The different dashboards will be useful for all community partners, including the school district and policymakers, who can use the data to highlight needs and areas that need to be addressed, Norwalk ACTS Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Barahona said.