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Now in its second decade, the opioid epidemic has claimed more than 800,000 lives in the United States. This is more deaths than in all U.S. wars and armed conflicts combined “from the Revolutionary War to the present,” according to the article “The...
With summer comes the always-jarring increase in mopeds behaving badly, blaring ambulances roaring through town, and increased helicopter activity for medical evacuations at the Block Island State Airport. With the influx of workers and visitors,...
“We needed a larger space because we were just outgrowing it,” said Lori Kosicki, manager of the Hope Recovery Center.
Steady Habits: Finding mental health solutions for CT kids This last year, spent in a pandemic, has changed the lives of so many. But those changes might be felt most acutely by children. Their routines of family life, social life, and learning, were upended. We’ve heard about a “lost school year,” for kids, but what about just a “lost year?” The problems weren’t just felt by those children with the most acute mental health disorders, but we know that for those children who are most at risk, supports weren’t always in place – before Covid. So, what are the solutions? This p...
Newport Daily News This story is being provided for free as part of a series on childcare during the COVID pandemic, powered by the Solutions Journalism Network and dedicated to delivering solution-oriented stories about problems our community is facing. A pandemic within a pandemic. That’s what experts are calling it. Subjected to screens in a year of mostly remote learning, children’s mental health has suffered. Physically distanced from many of the supports and connections that define childhood and school in a year of unprecedented stressors, “the kids are not OK,” as V...