Connecticut Health Council - CT Working Cities Challenge - Elder Financial Fraud Prevention
This week, John Voket opens chatting with the two chairs of The Connecticut Health Council's Value Based Relationship work group, which is charged with identifying new approaches to controlling the cost of healthcare and improving outcomes. Then we'll meet the Director of the Connecticut Working Cities Challenge and a United Way representative to talk about the five cities across the state tha...
58m Aug 19, 2018
58m
Attorney General George Jepsen - Career Resources - CT Burns Care Foundation
This week, John Voket rings up state Attorney General George Jepsen to learn how Connecticut is working to stop the reduction of your federal deductions of state and local taxes. Then we'll hear from a representative of Career Resources and the Bridgeport ReEntry Collaborative about how these organizations are working to help transition folks from incarceration to becoming self-sustaining tax ...
58m Aug 12, 2018
58m
CHRO-Prisons & Mental Health - Food & Water Watch - Child Guidance Clinic for Central CT
This week, John Voket drops in on the team from the state's Commission On Human Rights & Opportunities to discuss why their recent symposium on Prisons and Mental Health was so compelling. Then we'll turn to a research specialist at Food & Water Watch about a brand new report that gives Connecticut a D grade when it comes to developing renewable energy resources that are healthy and good for o...
58m Aug 05, 2018
58m
AARP Community Challenge - ASSERT Treatment Model - Bike West Hartford
This week, John Voket celebrates three Connecticut towns improving public parks, trails and gathering spaces with AARP Community Challenge Grants. Then we'll hear how the Department of Children and Families is implementing its ASSERT Treatment Model to help young people and their families cope - and kick - opioid addictions. Then we're inviting everyone to Bike West Hartford and its Center St...
58m Jul 29, 2018
58m
'Soulful Sydney Explores Diversity' - Super Food Explorer Kit - Center for Family Justice
This week, John Voket meets three creatives who brought the new children’s book 'Soulful Sydney Explores Diversity' to life — to discuss why discovering someone different should be celebrated, not feared. Then we'll hear how one expert is teaching parents of difficult eaters how to help those peckish but picky kids discover and love new foods while developing healthy eating habits. And we'll ...
58m Jul 22, 2018
58m
CHDI - Griffin Hospital's One Billion Steps Challenge - Citizens for Easton Farm Tour
This week, John Voket checks in with Connecticut's Child Health & Development Institute to learn why so many of our youngest children are falling through the cracks and at risk for many significant health issues. Then it's off to Griffin Hospital to chat up their 10th Anniversary Run & Walk to benefit the Center for Cancer Care - and reveal how to boost your personal health by lacing up for th...
59m Jul 15, 2018
59m
CT State Water Plan - WCHN Opioid Reduction Program - CBLN Inclusion Works Here
This week, John Voket dives into the details of Connecticut's new State Water Plan - and reveals why everybody should be urging their State Reps and Senators to take up its review as soon as they head into session this fall. Then we'll learn how local hospital's emergency department reduced the amount of opioids they provide for patients by nearly half, and the lessons all medical providers pr...
58m Jul 08, 2018
58m
Encore Replay From CT NOFA's OrganiCONN 2018
As we head into a big holiday party week, everyone is sure to be sampling salads, munching burgers, and enjoying plenty of picnic items from local gardens and farmers. So John Voket is dishing up a replay from CT NOFA​'s 2018 Organi-CONN farm & garden conference. With a new Farm Bill just ratified and FarmAid coming to Connecticut for the first time this September, it's a perfect opportunity t...
58m Jul 01, 2018
58m
Goodwill Stores - National Ocean Month - Small Business Development Centers
This week John Voket opens with an encore of a chat with Goodwill about the stuff you have piling up around your house. The space you make donating unwanted and unused stuff to Goodwill can help fund important programs and put folks with disabilities and other challenges to work. Then we'll dive into a chat with a scientist from UConn and the Mystic Aquaium celebrating National Ocean Month to ...
58m Jun 24, 2018
58m
Transition Toolkit - Connecticut Water Plan - JA STEM Education Study
This week John Voket heads out to Ability Beyond to learn how their brand new Transition Toolkit is helping young adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers shift between school and community serices. Then, we'll chat with a representative from the Citizens Campaign for the Environment about the status of the Connecticut Water Plan and how state residents can be more involved ...
59m Jun 17, 2018
59m
FOCUS Center for Autism - Seniors And Opioids - The Kennedy Center's New CEO
This week host John Voket heads to Canton to chat with the founder of the FOCUS Center for Autism to learn how it's helping students stay social this summer, and we'll invite you to the upcoming FOCUS Rocks benefit. Then we'll refocus with an expert leading workshops around the state educating seniors, their loved ones &caregivers about the pervasive dangers of opioids in their homes And we'l...
58m Jun 10, 2018
58m
Sheffield Island Lighthouse - International Festival of Arts & Ideas - ALICE
This week host John Voket takes to the waters of Norwalk Harbor for an onsite interview celebrating the Norwalk Seaport Association and the 150th birthday of the historic Sheffield Island lighthouse. Then we'll hit you with everything you need to know to take full advantage of all the free and ticketed activities that make the 22nd International Festival of Arts & Ideas in and around New Haven...
57m Jun 03, 2018
57m
Sterling House - InformCT Consumer Survey - UConn Seaweed Expert Charles Yarish
This week host John Voket opens Memorial Day Weekend diving into the topic of swimming lessons, and an upcoming lesson program that's part of a huge season of activities at Sterling House - serving more than 10,000 children, teens and families in Greater Bridgeport. Then it's off to Rocky Hill to chat with CERC, the Connecticut Economic Resource Center about their latest InformCT Consumer Conf...
57m May 27, 2018
57m
CMAK 'Crazy 8s' Motorcycle Run - Tree City USA - Aspetuck Land Trust
This week host John Voket catches up with Rebecca Kowalski and invites all bikers to support the work her CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation to support the health and wellness of children and their families. Then we're heading to Danbury - one of Connecticut's legacy Tree Cities - to chat with mayor and a DEEP forest expert about why the Tree City USA program are so important to the environme...
58m May 20, 2018
58m
AARP Fraud Watch - Connecticut Landmarks - Elder Financial Abuse
This week host John Voket visits with a spokesperson from AARP on location at an AARP Fraud Watch seminar to discuss the important components of this free program. Then we'll hear about all the awesome happenings going on throughout the spring and summer at various Connecticut Landmarks historic properties and museums. And we'll close talking with a financial fraud expert from Wells Fargo Adv...
58m May 13, 2018
58m
Sandy Hook Promise - CT Relays For Life - Greening Our Children
This week host John Voket takes a look back on the 2018 SAVE Youth Summit with the co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise and talks about the organization's Know the Signs programs. Then we'll shout out every 2018 Relay for Life happening in Connecticut this year, and hear about these important fund and awareness raisers that are helping achieve a world without cancer. And we'll wrap with the direc...
1hr May 06, 2018
1hr
Call Before You Dig - WBDC 5th Women-Owned Business Day - New England Young @ Heart
This week host John Voket celebrates Call Before You Dig month by reminding anyone planning any excavation - even simple yard work - about why it's the law to call 811 before you dig. Then we'll catch up with the founder of Connecticut's Women's Business Development Council to learn about their annual gathering of women business owners at the state capital this week, and a ton of free cources ...
57m Apr 29, 2018
57m
Camp Kesem @ Yale - 2018 Business Expo and Health & Wellness Fair - ARI CT
This week host John Voket heads to Yale University to talk to an inspiring representative about Connecticut's Camp Kesem - and how she is seeking kids to attend for free. Then we'll head to Waterbury, to talk with a regional Chamber spokesperson about their upcoming Business Expo and Health & Wellness Fair. And we'll close talking with ARI CT about some of the particular challenges Connecticu...
58m Apr 22, 2018
58m
Rape Crisis Center of Milford - Oral Cancer Awareness - Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
This week host John Voket heads to Milford to promote the upcoming 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' event to promote outreach and support The Rape Crisis Center of Milford. Then we'll open up to a conversation about oral cancer awareness and prevention with one of the hundreds of dentists at Great Expressions Dental Centers providing free screenings throughout April - which is Oral Cancer Awareness ...
58m Apr 15, 2018
58m
Parent Empowerment University - The Newtown Parent Connection
This week host John Voket returns to the halls of Parent Empowerment University with the founder of the Newtown Parent Connection to talk about prevention and protecting our yong people as best we can from substance abuse and addiction. We'll chat with the organization's founder, a key organizer of the event, as well as speakers presenting on tapping, nutrition, as well as building and fosterin...
57m Apr 08, 2018
57m
CT Partnership for Long-Term Care - Housatonic River Cleanup - Camp Kangaroo
This week host John Voket welcomes back the The Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care, for advice on protecting your long-term financial security with long-term care coverage through the partnership. Then we'll call on anyone with a boat, hip boots, or a willingness to help improve the health and appearance of one of the state's lesser known natural resources to the 30th Stratford To Shel...
57m Apr 01, 2018
57m
ALICE Update - Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - Maren Sanchez Home Foundation
This week host John Voket opens with a data specialist from United Way of Connecticut talking about housholds designated ALICE - Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. We'll learn why four in 10 affected households are still facing crippling financial challenges, and explore the consequences when households don't earn enough to make ends meet. Then we'll focus on imprtant health informat...
59m Mar 25, 2018
59m
Organi-CONN - NOFA CT's 36th Annual Winter Conference
This week host John Voket takes a little day trip to hang with a bunch of folks participating in the 36th Annual Northeast Organic Farming Assocoation's annual conference - Organi-CONN - the largest gathering of organic farming, gardening, and food enthusiasts in Connecticut. We'll talk about organic feeds and fertilizers, ways to get your farm financed, Bionutrients and why they are so importa...
58m Mar 18, 2018
58m
National Consumer Protection Week - Caregiver & Author CJ Golden
This week host John Voket celebrates National Consumer Protection Week with a local focus welcoming Connecticut's Consumer Protection Commissioner Michele Seagull and our valued resource Howard Schwartz at Connecticut BBB, doling out important information to help consumers steer clear of problems. And we'll hear some first hand advice from a local author who started her career caring for child...
57m Mar 11, 2018
57m
Disability Solutions - The Pilot House - Annual Bowl to Benefit The Umbrella Center
This week host John Voket celebrates National Developmental Disability Awareness Month and the one in five of our community members living with a disability showcasing the great work Connecticut's Disability Solutions is doing here and across the country, and then, popping in for a visit with the founder and some of the cool kids developing their talents at The Pilot House. Then we'll close in...
58m Mar 04, 2018
58m
Veteran Angler Charters - Courage to Speak Foundation - Marrakech, Inc.
This week host John Voket presents an encore broadcast with one of Connecticut's most unique and innovative grassroots nonprofits - Veteran Angler Charters as the organization gears up for its 2018 season of service to local Vets. Then, as Ginger and Larry Katz prepare for The 14th annual Courage to Speak Empowering Youth to be Drug Free Family Night, the drug education and prevention movement...
57m Feb 25, 2018
57m
Goodwill - CT Economic Resource Center - Bloomberg School of Public Health
This week host John Voket opens talking about stuff, the stuff you have that you don't want anymore, and the incredible things that Goodwill can do with that stuff when you donate to Goodwill stores across the region. Then we're going to chat with a statistician from the CT Economic Resource Center or CERC about their latest survey of state residents gauging how much of their hard earned tax d...
57m Feb 18, 2018
57m
SMART Recovery - Senator Tony Hwang - SHU Institute for Public Policy
This week host John Voket opens introducing a brand new program specificall for teens and young adults grappling with addiction called SMART Recovery. Then we'll get an earful on the Governor's latest budget proposals and hear which vulnerable populations are targeted for cuts this year. And we'll close with Sacred Heart University's Institute for Public Policy, and review some of the high po...
58m Feb 11, 2018
58m
Small Business Development Center - ADHD Pilot Program - Super Bowl Party Food Safety
This week host John Voket opens talking with Connecticut's Small Business Development Center about all the free, game changing support, guidance and resources they offer. Then we're going to talk about pediatric Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI), which is one of a few organizations across the nation piloting a program helping pediat...
57m Feb 04, 2018
57m
National Catholic Schools Week - 16th 'State of Tobacco Control' - The Barnum Museum
This week host John Voket rings up the Diocease of Bridgeport school superintendent on the first day of National catholic Schools Week to learn how his schools' faith-based mission makes a unique difference in their students' education. Then we'll drill into the latest American Lung Association's 'State of Tobacco Control' report and hear about how hundreds of millions intended for tobacco edu...
57m Jan 28, 2018
57m
Creative Placemaking Conference - Gaylord Hospital - CMAK Race4Chase
This week host John Voket rings up the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County and invites listeners and community builders to this week's Creative Placemaking Conference to focus on the role artists, creative businesses and cultural nonprofits can play in the economic, community development and well-being of Connecticut. Then we'll learn why Wallingford's Gaylord Hospital has earned accreditati...
57m Jan 21, 2018
57m
Campaign 2018: Oz Griebel & Monte Frank / Adam's House FIG / Operation Fuel
This week host John Voket opens our 2018 campaign coverage with former lifelong Republican Oz Giebel, and lifelong Democrat Monte Frank, who have both abandoned their major party affiliations to run for Governor and Lt Governor as independents. Then we'll check in with Operation Fuel to keep tabs on how they are doing as residents who need heating assistance work their way through one of the c...
57m Jan 14, 2018
57m
CT Coalition to End Homelessness - Consumer Council / Net Neutrality - IRIS Run For Refugees
This week host John Voket opens with the CT Coalition to End Homelessness - talking about how you can help the agency with two upcoming census programs whose data can help the state get more funding to underwrite shelter and housing. Then we engage the state's Consumer Council to learn why she is so fired up about the recent federal repeal of net neutrality - and why it could be harmful to Con...
57m Jan 07, 2018
57m
Transit-Oriented Development - Hartford Job Corps Academy - SUN Initiative
This week host John Voket chats with the state DECD about 11 new transit-oriented development projects launching in 2018 under a new $15 million grant program.Then we'll replay a visit with the Hartford Job Corps Academy, hear directly from students about their brightening futures in the workforce, and see if the academy has a place for you.And if you are heading into 2018 facing foreclosure, t...
57m Dec 31, 2017
57m
The Avielle Foundation - CT Council on Environmental Quality - DEEP Energy Strategy
This week For the People host John Voket sits with Dr Jeremy Richman, who lost his daughter Avielle in the Sandy Hook tragedy, to learn how her namesake Avielle Foundation is supporting new programs in 2018 to better understand and support young people negatively affected by trauma and other factors.Then we'll check in with the CT Council on Environmental Quality about its latest report on chal...
58m Dec 24, 2017
58m
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - The Children's Fund of Connecticut - Survive The Drive
This week For the People host John Voket visits Norwalk Hospital to unveil a first of its kind partnership with the globally recognized oncology team from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Then we'll hear from the Children's Fund of Connecticut about how the agency is packaging three significant grants to continue addressing the state's childhood obesity epidemic.And we'll close promoting...
57m Dec 17, 2017
57m
CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan - Harmony4Kidz
This week For the People host John Voket joins the CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence to recognize a milestone — the agency's life saving and life changing Lethality Assessment Program or LAP is now in place with every single law enforcement agecy in Connecticut.Then we'll call on all Connecticut residents to check out and comment on the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's S...
57m Dec 10, 2017
57m
Girl Scouts of CT - Cancer Action Network - Veteran’s Coffee House
This week For the People host John Voket catches up with the CEO of Girl Scouts of Connecticut to hear what she thinks about this game changing announcement from the Boy Scouts of America now welcoming girls.Then we'll check back in with the Cancer Action Network, to finally learn how the state's protracted budget fiasco resulted in funding life saving cancer prevention, detection, and vaccine ...
57m Dec 03, 2017
57m
Connecticut Landmarks - Connecticut Business Leadership Network - EARS Pet Rescue
This week For the People host John Voket unveils a month's worth of holiday atmosphere and activities courtesy of Connecticut Landmarks. Listen in to learn how you can experience the holidays in historic New England charm. Then we'll replay a segment with The Connecticut Business Leadership Network, and talk about the untapped assets that disabled individuals bring to our state workforce. And w...
57m Nov 26, 2017
57m
Diabetes Awareness Month - CT Epilepsy Advocate - BBB Holiday Consumer Tips
During National Diabetes Awareness Month - and as we head into one of the biggest eating weeks of the year - host John Voket is talking prevention with the Diabetes Education Program Coordinator at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center.Then we'll be marking National Epilepsy Awareness Month with the CT Epilepsy Advocate before we head to Chicago to chat with the title star of the musical 'H...
57m Nov 19, 2017
57m
Sacred heart University Poll - Dept. of Consumer Protection - Access Health CT
If you anticipate having to help arrange for a companion or homemaker for an ailing or aging loved one, you'll want to check out the state's Consumer Protection commissioner talking about her agency's new fact sheet for consumers seeking to hire homemakers and companions, Then we'll learn more about why a Sacred Heart University poll indicates 50 percent of our state's highest earning populatio...
58m Nov 12, 2017
58m
Future Workforce Opportunities Fair - CT Sustainability Conference - The Backyard Theater Ensemble
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket dials up the President of the Aerospace Components Manufacturers Group to discuss the thousands of high paying jobs folks can learn about at this week's Future Workforce Opportunities Fair. Then we'll talk with representatives of another event - CBIA's latest Connecticut Sustainability Conference - about how companies are becoming ...
58m Nov 05, 2017
58m
Adoption Awareness Month - Farewell Marty Schwartz - Treasured Time
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket promotes the Connecticut Dept. of Children and Families and National Adoption Awareness Month by revealing how you can become an adoptive parent and change a kids life forever. Then we'll say farewell to retiring Marty Schwartz of The Kennedy Center, who has been a huge advocate for the state's disabled for most of his career. And ...
57m Oct 29, 2017
57m
The Valley Gives Back - CT Dept. of Health - HomeFront
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket introduces a new regional philanthropic effort called the Valley Gives Back, which is educating folks from all over Connecticut about establishing a targeted or planned giving program for a charity you love. Then we talk with an epidemiologist from the CT Dept. of Health working to educate employers about how the opioid epidemic is...
58m Oct 22, 2017
58m
The Beardsley Zoo - Encore
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo is cool enough to visit again. Our encore play with the director of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo reveals how more than 300 animals, including many endangered and threatened specie, help visitors understand the global connection these animals share, and how this educational and environmental resource serves as an engaging day trip destination year round.
57m Oct 15, 2017
57m
Breast Cancer Month Pink Link - Connecticut Family Acupuncture - Lone Star Ticks
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket continues our October focus on breast cancer awareness and prevention with a surgeon from St. Francis Hospital reminding women about a free mammography program happening on October 18.Then we head to Connecticut Family Acupuncture to learn about how this ancient healing therapy is being applied in the war against opioid addiction.A...
58m Oct 08, 2017
58m
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer - CT Business Leadership Network - Walk to End Lupus Now
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket fittingly dedicates this first segment of October to all those Breast cancer survivors and those who have lost the fight, with a two-time breast cancer survivor who wants to invite you to start Making Strides Against Breast Cancer this October.Then we'll meet the director of the Connecticut Business Leadership Network whose members...
58m Oct 01, 2017
58m
Americorps STICH Training - New Child Safety Seat Laws - Connect-Us
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' host John Voket hears about how the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, in partnership with AmeriCorps is training recruits to begin delivering health education, health insurance literacy, and public health initiatives across the state. And did you hear that Connecticut's Legislature passed the state's newest version of a child res...
57m Sep 24, 2017
57m
Griffin Center For Cancer Care - CT Coalition to Regulate Marijuana - New Horizons Village
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket checks in with Griffin Hospital's Center for Cancer Care to to review advanced treatments and technology the center is using, and we'll invite you to their upcoming 5K run and walk.Then we'll hear how limited legalized use of recreational marijuana could bring millions of dollars into state coffers, while creating hundreds of new jobs a...
57m Sep 17, 2017
57m
Dads Matter Too Celebration - Bigelow Tea Community Challenge - Best Buddies CT
This week on the award-winning 'For the People' John Voket checks in with the point person for CT DCF's Fatherhood Engagement Leadership Team about next weend's free 5th Annual Dads Matter Too Community Awareness Day in downtown Waterbury.Then we head to the Bigelow Tea Company to chat about this years 30th Annual Bigelow Tea Community Challenge, and meet two of the event's beneficiaries.And we...
58m Sep 10, 2017
58m