by apolokoff | Aug 29, 2024 | SPIFFY Partner
The city of Northampton has hired Taylor McAndrew as the new Prevention Team Director in the Department of Health and Human Services! Taylor McAndrew, a SPIFFY Steering Committee member and the Hampshire HOPE Coordinator with the Northampton Department of Health and...
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...
