Partnership
With partnership as one of our core values, we prioritize collaboration with our network of experts to provide robust and current information. We will continually develop new partnerships to improve resources available. Below is an ever-growing list of those partnerships, especially the host sites that welcome our members.
We are currently looking for organizations to host
our AmeriCorps Members starting in Fall 2024.
Our members will support your organization in addressing the opioid crisis in your community by utilizing the strategic prevention framework and educating the community on substance use and mental health.
Members will engage in community education and harm reduction efforts through coordinating and directly providing naloxone training as well as presentations on stigma reduction, recovery, and Connecticut’s opioid epidemic more broadly.
Prevention Corps works with our partners to identify their needs, develop the member’s position description, and connect them with a qualified, hardworking AmeriCorps member.
Prevention Corps staff recruits, interviews, and trains candidates for placement with host sites. During their term of service, members receive monthly trainings, weekly support from Prevention Corps staff, and additional opportunities to gain skills and knowledge.
Have any questions?
Download our Host Site Guide to learn more or reach out to our Program Director, Austin Terreri at austin@ryasap.org.
Our Partners
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Alliance for Prevention and Wellness
Alliance for Prevention and Wellness is contracted with the CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to provide prevention and training for behavioral health and promote mental health services to 36 towns and communities in the South-Central Region of Connecticut.
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Amplify
Amplify is a unique catalyst, leading and uniting community leaders, residents, and partners with the behavioral health resources and prevention strategies they need the most. They work toward a single-minded goal: build the most effective and responsive system of behavioral health promotion and support services that will improve the lives of all.
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Bridgeport Public Schools
Our partnership with Bridgeport Public Schools allows our members to serve directly with students and inform the youth on the opioid crisis as we well as the various influences they might be navigating.
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The Child Health & Development Institute of Connecticut
The Child Health and Development Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the behavioral health and well-being of children in Connecticut and beyond. Our mission is to advance effective, integrated health and behavioral health systems, practices, and policies that result in equitable and optimal health and well-being for children, youth, and families.
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Hamden Youth Services
The Hamden Youth Services Bureau seeks to improve the quality of life for the children, youth, and families of Hamden by providing a variety of programs and services. The Youth Services Bureau provides programs in the areas of employment, prevention, recreation, and education.
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The Hub
The Hub is the designated Behavioral Health Action Organization (RBHAO) for Southwestern Connecticut. They support & coordinate behavioral health initiatives (mental health, suicide, substance misuse, and problem gambling) in Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton.
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Norwalk Community College
NCC offers nearly a thousand credit and non-credit courses, which can be taken in pursuit of a degree or certificate, or for personal and professional enrichment. The College has a rich campus life, with many events, clubs and activities.
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Recovery Friendly Workplace
The Recovery Friendly Workplace suggests a new way of looking at – and responding to – substance misuse in the workplace. The initiative can take businesses to better morale, better bottom-line performance, and happier, healthier, loyal, long-term employees. It moves from a “zero-tolerance” mentality that emphasizes disciplinary action to a “recovery” policy environment that emphasizes help, hope, and the economic potential of healthy employees.
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Western CT Coalition
Western Connecticut Coalition's mission is to promote the behavioral health continuum of care and to enhance quality of life at every stage. They are a coalition of volunteers, citizens, and prevention professionals dedicated to developing and coordinating services that improve mental health, reduce substance misuse, and raise awareness about available resources .