by apolokoff | Aug 22, 2024 | SPIFFY Partner
August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day, and the theme for 2024 is “Together We Can.” International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have been lost to overdose,...
by apolokoff | Aug 22, 2024 | SPIFFY Partner
SPIFFY Steering Committee member Kris Hoag, Program Director for BOAT (Belchertown Overcoming Adversity Together), was recently featured on the SADO.D. (Support After a Death by Overdose) website for her work in the community. In her interview, Kris talks about how...
by apolokoff | Jul 12, 2024 | SPIFFY Partner
On Monday, June 24, adult members of the SPIFFY Steering Committee joined with members of the newly-formed SPIFFY Youth Steering Committee for an evening retreat to discuss school mental health strategy. This was the first joint meeting between the two steering...
by apolokoff | Jul 12, 2024 | SPIFFY Partner
On May 8, our partners at the South Hadley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition hosted Leslie Green, LICSW, from Boston Children’s Hospital for a presentation on the Neurobiology of Teen Substance Use. After providing a brief overview of brain development, Green...
by apolokoff | Jul 12, 2024 | SPIFFY Partner
In September of 2023, the state’s first updated health and physical education guidelines in nearly 25 years were approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and are designed to be LGBTQ+ inclusive, medically accurate and developmentally- and...