Three Connecticut school districts are working to provide students with a full range of behavioral health and trauma supports through Connecticut’s Project AWARE initiative. Project Aware is a program which supports partnerships and collaboration between state and local systems to promote healthy development of school-age youth and prevent youth violence
Read MoreThe average delay between when mental health symptoms first appear and when medical intervention is introduced is 8-10 years, according to Kate Mattias, MPH, JD, Executive Director of the Connecticut chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Read MoreNineteen Connecticut school districts have been recognized as being among the Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) in the United States for 2019. Among them is one regional school district.
Read MoreHistory - real and imagined - dominated the 2019 Connecticut Book Awards, announced Sunday by the Connecticut Center for the Book, a project of Connecticut Humanities. Winners included some well-known literary names, and others not (yet) instantly recognizable. The awards recognize and honor books with specific ties to Connecticut.
Read MoreTwo Connecticut organizations that focus on youth - Waterbury Youth Services in Waterbury and the Cheshire Academy in Cheshire – have joined a national pilot program being run by the National Council for Behavioral Health with support from Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. The initiative - teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) – was launched in a limited number of schools around the country earlier this year.
Read MoreFive of Connecticut’s eight counties, on average, do better than the nation when it comes to the percentage of residents living in housing with substandard conditions, and the percentage who pay more than 50% of their annual income on housing. An analysis also reveals that in four of the state’s counties, the percentage of people living more than 1/2 mile from the nearest supermarket or large grocery store exceeds the national average
Read Moregroup of Hartford social service organizations teaming up to reduce infant mortality and improve outcomes for families of young children and a collaborative of agencies in Waterbury working to better serve frequent emergency department visitors will receive grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation intended to support more systematic links between community-based organizations and local hospitals.
Read MoreBeing a teenager and a CEO may be an unlikely combination, but it is not impossible. If you have any doubts, take a look at what’s happening at Connecticut-based Girls With Impact.
Read MoreIn the years prior to legalization for adults, the rate of marijuana use among Massachusetts youth had been falling. A new report by the Commonwealth’s Cannabis Control Commission examines what was happening among youth before, and since, marijuana use was legalized for adults.
Read MoreThe depiction of female characters in animated films may affect the body image of young girls who watch them in a more complex way than previously thought, a new study by a University of Connecticut doctoral student has found.
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