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BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023

University of Connecticut

I am completing my field education at Natchaug Hospital in an outpatient program for older adults experiencing mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders. My current internship has provided me with so many opportunities to meet with community partners, learn how to use anticipatory empathy, and practice motivational interviewing.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 6, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

We should remove criminalization of women who are pregnant and taking drugs," Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), said in an interview. I treat far more complications from untreated diabetes in the NICU than I do from opioid use disorder." That needs to stop." said Patrick. "I