Apr
11
2023
SMART Recovery will now be offered in Cortland County weekly on Thursdays from 5:30pm to 6:30pm starting April 20, 2023 at the Cortland Free Library, 32 N Church St., Cortland.
For those who are unfamiliar, SMART Recovery is a fresh...
Mar
21
2023
In 2021 & 2022 alone, there were 28 reported overdose deaths in Cortland County. In addition to the wide distribution of naloxone, increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder has been shown to save lives. This is the...
Mar
19
2023
No matter who we are or where we come from, we all know at least one person affected by Opioid Use Disorder. In 2021, 16 individuals died from an opioid- related overdose in Cortland County (coroner). Opioids remained a...
Mar
14
2023
The Healing Cortland project is excited to be partnering with the University of Rochester Recovery Center of Excellence to offer a series of Community Conversations and a Train the Trainer session for those interested in leading this workshop with...
Mar
07
2023
No matter who we are or where we come from, we all know at least one person affected by Opioid Use Disorder. In 2021, 16 individuals died from an opioid- related overdose in Cortland County (coroner). Opioids remained a...
Mar
02
2023
The 2023 Cortland County Drug Take Back Events will be on Saturday, April 30 and 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...
Jan
17
2023
Over the course of 2022, the Opioid Task Force workgroups examined local data, studied the evidence-based strategies, and made recommendations to the Leadership Team
The Opioid Task Force has 56 members from over 19 different agencies.
In addition to...
Oct
24
2022
The Wishing Wellness Center, run by the Catholic Charities of Cortland County, is a peer-to-peer support program that focuses on individuals' recovery, either from mental illness, substance use, or other problems.
Healing Cortland sat down with Valerie Partridge, who is...
Sep
30
2022
According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, there were over 100,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. from April 2020-April 2021. The rising death rate represents an increase of 28.5% from the prior year. In Cortland County alone,...
Sep
21
2022
I served for the Rural Health Service Corps, a local branch of AmeriCorps, from November 2020 through May of 2021. I was fortunate to be placed at Cortland Area Communities that Care, a local nonprofit that works to address...
