The Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP) has been providing comprehensive HIV/AIDS services, among many other resources, to individuals in the Southern Tier region for almost 40 years. Residents of Cortland County have had access to these services, free of...

What's been happening with the HCS? After another successful Opioid Task Force meeting on Monday, August 15, the HEALing Communities Study project -- a Cortland County initiative to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths by 40% over 18 months -- is now...

Cortland County's Drug Take Back Event will be on Saturday, September 24 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 drive-through locations include:  ...

What happened? On July 18th, Healing Cortland's Opioid Task Force met for its first full meeting, kicking off the "implementation phase" of the HEALing Communities Study (HCS). Over the course of the next 18 months, the Opioid Task Force will look...

Cortland County's 2nd annual Overdose Awareness Remembrance Vigil will be held on Wednesday, August 31 at Courthouse Park in Cortland, on International Overdose Awareness Day. The event will start at 7pm. Healing Hearts Collaborative with Healing Cortland, Prevention Network of...

The Youth Voices Matter Youth Summit is an inaugural one-day conference that will be welcoming youth and young adults along with service providers to network, learn, and discuss the "Ages and Stages of Recovery" in-person at Tompkins Cortland Community College.   This...

"On May 23rd, 2022, the Cortland County Public Health and the Cortland County Mental Health Departments issued a press release to alert the community about recent reports that indicate widespread fentanyl contamination in the local illicit drug supply. Fentanyl...

A group of Cortland County agencies and volunteers are joining a broad coalition of nonprofit organizations, corporations, government agencies, and schools to support the first-ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day on May 10, 2022. This day aims to draw attention...

With over 100 books distributed throughout the community and 2 successful book discussions hosted by the Cortland Free Library, we were excited to have the author of Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction join...

Cortland County has continued to experience an alarming increase in opioid overdoses. An opioid overdose can happen to anyone consuming opioids for medical or recreational use. However, the pandemic and resulting social isolation have contributed to additional challenges for...