This all-volunteer group, led by Coordinator Kathy Varadi, has been active for nearly a year, providing trainings, a resource fair, and public education aimed at addressing the growing opioid overdose crisis.…
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LEAF Receives ARC Grant Funds To Support Workplace Wellbeing, Recovery-to-Work Efforts ONEONTA – LEAF, the Leatherstocking Education on Alcoholism/Addictions Foundation, has been awarded $378,704.00 toward efforts associated with a new substance use disorder recovery and workforce development initiative. The funds, from the Appalachian Regional Commission, will support the North4 INSPIRE program, providing those in recovery with education, workforce training and wraparound services. The INSPIRE Initiative Implementation grant from ARC will improve individuals’ chances for successful employment and sustained recovery. In…
News from the Noteworthy Asking for, Offering Support are Skillsets We Can Re-learn In my last “News from the Noteworthy” column, I wrote about the wellbeing struggles that are keenly felt across the workforce. I shared the results of a recent survey where business leaders, managers, and supervisors told us they are spending an average of 39 percent of their time on issues such as employee burnout, fatigue, stress, anxiety, mental health, and substance misuse issues. That number went up…
Hartwick’s Craft Food, Beverage Center Will Receive $123,525 To Lower Costs ONEONTA – Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-chair Earl Gohl will be on the Hartwick College campus at 3:45 p.m. tomorrow to announce a $123,525 grant for the college’s Center for Craft Food and Beverage, the college announced this afternoon. The announcement will be made on the first floor of Bresee Hall. The goal of the center is to lower costs, enabling local businesses to more effectively produce, promote, and…