Our Stories Have Power: Recovery Messaging Training to be Held on June 29 & 30

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...

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Stories of the Overdose Crisis in CNY – Part 2

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...

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Cortland County Agencies and Volunteers Take Part in National Fentanyl Awareness Day on May 9

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...

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SMART Recovery Comes to Cortland

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...

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Community Conversations on Substance Use Come to Cortland County

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...

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HEALing Community Study (HCS) Launches Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Education Campaign in Cortland County

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...

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Partner Spotlight: Wishing Wellness Center

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...

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Opioid Task Force Kicks-Off with July Meeting

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...

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Overdose Awareness Vigil Scheduled for August 31

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...

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Author of Undoing Drugs Joins Cortland Community for a Virtual Book Talk 

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...

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