FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cortland, NY — The Cortland County Drug Disposal Program, a collaboration between Cortland Prevention Resources, the Rural Health Institute of NY, local law enforcement, and other community partners and volunteers, announces that the Spring 2024 Drug Take...

What happened and what did we accomplish? At the start of 2023, we told you about our action planning process. We spent most of 2022 building a coalition to look at local data, identify gaps, set data-driven SMART goals, and...

We are excited to announce the opening reception of the Portraits Exhibit, “We Are All in This Together: Stories of Hope and Recovery.” Join Healing Cortland, the Cortland Area Recovery Project and documentary photographer Zack Bolton for the opening...

The Fall 2023 Cortland County Drug Take Back Event, held on Saturday, September 30, 2023, was an important step towards building safer communities. This event allowed citizens to responsibly dispose of prescription medications that had been dormant in their...

On Wednesday, August 30th, we held a press conference outside the Truxton Fire Station to announce and celebrate the installation of Cortland's first rural public access Narcan box. Funded by the HEALing Communities Study and Healing Cortland Project, this...

The Fall 2023 Cortland County Drug Take Back Event will be on Saturday, September 30 at 4 locations. Bring any of your unused, unneeded, prescription, and/or nonprescription drugs and you can drop them off without leaving your vehicle. The 4 convenient...

Cortland County's 3rd annual Overdose Awareness Vigil was held on Thursday, August 31 at Courthouse Park in Cortland, on International Overdose Awareness Day. To watch the recording: https://fb.watch/n9GYNlVfMT  

Healing Cortland is excited to be hosting Friends of Recovery New York to offer the DEI enhanced "Our Stories Have Power Training", developed by national leadership with Faces & Voices of Recovery. "Our Stories Have Power" rings true to its...

CACTC was recently awarded a grant through CNY Arts to continue its work with photographer Zack Bolton to capture portraits and stories tied to the overdose death crisis in Central NY. This is the continuation of a project that has...

Cortland community members are joining a broad coalition of nonprofit organizations, corporations, government agencies and schools to support the second annual National Fentanyl Awareness Day on May 9, 2023. The day of action is designed to raise awareness about...