Coordinated Behavioral Health Services (Aired on May 21, 2022)

        

Radio Rotary welcomes Ruthanne Becker, Senior Vice President of the Mental Health Association of Westchester, to discuss the Coordinated Behavioral Health Services (CBHS), a partnership of nine not-for-profit agencies that provide behavioral health and developmental disability services throughout seven counties in the lower Hudson Valley, helping more than 60,000 individuals annually. The mission of CBHS is to support its members’ efforts to provide effective behavioral health services to the Medicaid, Medicare, and uninsured population. The telephone number (845) 615-9312 will reach trained counselors who can direct a person with mental health issues to the agency that will provide help.

Learn More:
Coordinated Behavioral Health Services: https://www.cbhsinc.org/
Mental Health Association of Westchester: https://www.mhawestchester.org/

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June 1, 2023 · Posted in Addiction Recovery, Housing Assistance, Mental Health, Service Organizations  

Team Teen Educates about Addiction (Aired on April 30, 2023)

               

For this program, Community Educator Dora Celestino, for CAPE (the Council on Addiction Prevention & Education in Dutchess County) returns to Radio Rotary along with Prevention Coordinator MaryAlice Kovatch, for the Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Council of Orange County, join Radio Rotary to talk about a new program, Team Teen, also known as Teen Intervene. The purpose of the program is to delay the start of addiction or to reduce the use of the addicting substance. Teens at risk are identified and provided help along with their families through guided conversations with trained therapists. All forms of addiction are considered, with vaping and marijuana use currently on the rise.

Learn More:
CAPE (Council on Addiction Prevention & Education: https://capedc.org/
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Council of Orange County: http://www.adacinfo.com/
Team Teen (Teen Intervene): http://www.adacinfo.com/programs-services/teen-intervene/

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May 12, 2023 · Posted in Addiction Recovery, Education, Mental Health, Service Organizations  

The MARC Foundation, Funding Awareness & Recovery (Aired on March 26, 2023)

                    

Radio Rotary hosts Mike Carber of the MARC Foundation Board of Directors to learn about programs funded by the Foundation and its coming fundraising events. The MARC Foundation, which grew out of the MARC Agency (now a part of Mental Health of America of Dutchess Country), funds programs and organizations that support addiction prevention and recovery, including addiction to alcohol or other drugs or to character defects such as gambling. Recently this support has included developing an overdose memorial, providing scholarships for addiction therapy, and helping substance abusers transition to a drug-free life. Money for this support is raised at the Annual Luncheon and by the Tom Gannon/Cliff Andrews Day of Golf, as well as from contributions to the overdose memorial and donations from the public. A new fundraising event this year is a bowling tournament. Learn the details of these events from the radio show or from the MARC Foundation website, http://www.marc-foundation.org/.

Learn More:
MARC Foundation: http://www.marc-foundation.org/
Mental Health America of Dutchess County: https://mhadutchess.org/
Dutchess County Substance Misuse Prevention and Treatment,  https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/County-Executive/Breaking-Through.htm

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April 10, 2023 · Posted in Addiction Recovery, Dutchess County, Mental Health, Support Groups  

Mental First Aid from MHA Dutchess (Aired On February 26, 2023)

              

Andrew O’Grady, CEO of Mental Health America of Dutchess County (MHA) visits Radio Rotary to introduce “Mental Health First Aid,” an eight-hour course that teaches ways to identify, understand, and respond to signs of a mental health or substance use problem. Similar to physical First Aid and CPR, Mental Health First Aid helps a trainee assist someone in a mental health or substance use crisis. MHA, among the sponsors of the First Aid course, is a nonprofit devoted to community-based services for dealing with mental health problems. Its many programs include care management, mobile crisis aid, community residences for persons experiencing substance misuse, veterans’ services, mental-health backup for police, supported housing, several varieties of support groups, and workshops and educational programs. MHA has aided more than 6,000 persons to solve their mental health problems in the past twelve years.

Learn More:
Mental Health America of Dutchess County: https://mhadutchess.org/
Mental Health First Aid: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/
National Council for Mental Wellbeing: https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/

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March 5, 2023 · Posted in Addiction Recovery, Education, Mental Health, Service Organizations, Support Groups, Veterans  

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