AFL Foster Caregiver Program - Bye-Bye Mattress - Harbor Watch @ Earthplace
Holidays mean visiting with loved ones - and if you notice developing issues related to aging, we'll connect you with experts from Assisted Living Services and one of Connecticut's Area Agencies on Aging to explain the little-known Adult Family Living-Foster Caregiver Program that can help loved ones continue aging in place at home. Then we're revisiting Connecticut's groundbreaking mattress r...
58m Dec 17, 2023
58m
Touting the Food Farmacy of Greater Danbury - The Barnum Museum, work in progress
For the People hits the road again, landing at thge region's first of its kind Food Farmacy of Greater Danbury - that's Farmacy with an 'F'. We'll visit folks who helped create this unique public health program as well as the facility to help support it and  hundreds of families it's already serving since it opened a few weeks ago. Then we'll head from the 'Hat City' to the Park City for a can...
56m Dec 03, 2023
56m
Special Report: A visit to the Green Village Initiative's 2023 Harvest Fest
Our on site visit to this year's Green Village Initiative Harvest Fest was bittersweet. While it preceded a major change for this urban agricultural nonprofit that has done so well supporting equity, community, anti-racism, wellness, knowledge-sharing, and youth mentorship, along with responding hunger and promoting food justice - the festival also provided an opportunity to meet and learn abo...
1hr 3m Nov 26, 2023
1hr 3m
Child Health and Development Institute - CT Health Foundation - Wheeler Foster & Adoption Network
The Child Health and Development Institute's latest research produced a blueprint for strengthening Connecticut's behavioral health workforce for our children, so tune in and be among the first to learn how this report can help fast-track the help our kids need! Then....we'll hear how grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation will support advocacy efforts to expand health care coverage to ...
55m Nov 19, 2023
55m
Continuum of Care - AAA Northeast - Encore Replay: Western CT Food Farmacy
Since 1966 the nonprofit Continuum of Care has been serving adults diagnosed with mental illness and severe developmental and intellectual disabilities. The agency is preparing for its Holiday Bazaar that will help fund a brand new and comprehensive program that will save taxpayers millions addressing homeless individuals diagnosed with one or more of these issues - so tune in and see how you c...
59m Nov 12, 2023
59m
SCORE of Western CT - Put CT Grown On Your Plate - Eversource Energy Assistance Programs
Hear from the leader of SCORE of Western CT about all the free and confidential resources for you whether you are a business owner who wants to take things to the next level, you're ready to break out on your own as an entrepreneur, or if you are a business person who's willing to share your talents and expertise as a mentor or coach. Then, we'll connect with Connecticut's Agriculture Commissi...
55m Nov 05, 2023
55m
Waveny Lifecares - CT DOT Fall Update - Gifts of Love
Meet the CEO of Waveny LifeCare Network and hear how this regional nonprofit is delivering a comprehensive continuum of healthcare to seniors with diverse therapeutic programs, services and living options. Waveny is celebrating 50 years of service and an important new partnership going into 2024, so tune in and learn all about them. Then it's time to check in with our source at the CT DOT on s...
56m Oct 29, 2023
56m
'AARP & You' Pt. 3 Fraud Protection - CT Housing Partners - CT DDS STEP Program
We're closing out our 3-part series 'AARP & You' - tapping expert sources from the national AARP network to provide critical information to better protect everyone in Connecticut. In this segment, you'll learn the 3 most important things to immediately do if you are the victim of fraud. Then we're circling back with CT Housing Partners CEO and one of their developers to provide some insight in...
57m Oct 22, 2023
57m
Impact Fairfield County - Thin Line Peer Support Team - CT Women's Hall of Fame
Meet Impact Fairfield County - a women's collective giving organization funding large transformational grants for qualified nonprofits. The next application period opens October 16, so if you are involved with or volunteer for, get services from a nonprofit that operates or programs in Fairfield County, listen in and learn more. Then we're introducing Thin Line Peer Support Team, Inc, a non- p...
55m Oct 15, 2023
55m
Liberation Programs Pt. 2 - United Way of Connecticut ALICE Update - Greater Bridgeport Symphony
During International Overdose Awareness Week we featured the first of a two-part interview with the leader of Liberation Programs, which serves about 1,000 people a day in our region with addiction recovery and mental health support initiatives. Now, we're continuing that conversation. Then we're turning our attention back to ALICE - Asset Limited Income Constrained & Employed. United Way of C...
55m Oct 08, 2023
55m
'AARP & You' Pt. 2 Veteran Fraud Prevention - The "READI Set…Music Conference'' - CT Social Equity Council
Can you believe veterans, active-duty service members and their families are nearly 40% more likely to lose money to scams and fraud? So, for the 2nd part of our latest series "AARP & You" we'll go to a veteran and AARP expert to help share how to identify and combat veterans-related scams. Then we'll connect with the CT Office of the Arts to tout the October 7 READI Set Music Conference, a dy...
56m Oct 01, 2023
56m
'AARP & You' Pt. 1: Fraud Protection - VCF Health & Wellness Forum - CTData / Multigenerational Households
AARP has something for everybody - and we'll prove it as we kick off our latest series 'AARP & You' - a three-pert deep dive into issues that could affect us all, including ways to help protect yourself from imposters stealing your identity, supporting our veterans, and a few important things you need to know regarding gift cards. Then we'll reconnect with the Valley Community Foundation and p...
56m Sep 24, 2023
56m
CTC's Women of Innovation - Bigelow Tea Community Challenge / Bridge House - Lupus Foundation Norwalk Chapter
The Connecticut Technology Council's Women of Innovation event is the state's first women in tech awards, which now includes over 800 women as winners and finalists. So we'll touch base with CTC's new Executive Director to get the latest on how the CTC can help if you are in a tech or STEM field - and how you can help support Connecticut's Women of Innovation. Then, we'll welcome back Cindi Bi...
57m Sep 17, 2023
57m
Children in Placement - The Exceptional Sidekick Service Dogs / YNH Children's Hospital - Abilis
This morning we're reconnecting with Children in Placement to discuss their critical work with young people. Since 1979, CIP has advocated for the best interests of Connecticut’s abused and neglected children throughout the child welfare and judicial systems by securing them safe homes, supportive services, and a stable transition into adulthood. Then we'll meet a representative From The Excep...
55m Sep 03, 2023
55m
CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation - CT OHS/Dr Deidre Gifford - Liberation Programs Pt. 1
We're welcoming back Rebecca Kowalski who co-founded the CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation to honor her son Chase Michael Anthony Kowalski - one of the 20 student victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We'll hear about how their programs have been ramping back up since the COVID era, and remind you about how to get your kids involved, or to support the cause at a couple of cool upcoming eve...
56m Aug 27, 2023
56m
JoeAbate Foundation - Probus Club of Greater New Haven - Green STEP Summer Training
Meet the founder of the nonprofit JoeAbate  Foundation, and learn how it's supporting families with babies in the Yale New Haven Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, as wll as creating micro-internships to help students discover career possibilities. We'll also invite you to the nonprofiit's upcoming Light Up the Night fundraiser. Then we'll be inviting you to join or support the Probus Clu...
55m Aug 20, 2023
55m
CT Violence Intervention Program - Sen. Tony Hwang - Histoury (Encore)
This week, we're introducing the CT Violence Intervention Program - CTVIP. This nonprofit practices trauma-informed care and unconditional care with every youth they come in contact with, providing a one-stop shop for at-risk youth and generally at-risk victims of violence throughout the New Haven region. Then we're checking in with State Senator Tony Hwang to discuss some of the most importan...
57m Aug 13, 2023
57m
CT Small Business Development Ctr - CT Council of Family Service Agencies - Waterbury Black Giving Circle
If you are a small or medium size business, a start-up or entrepreneur who is ready to rock and roll, we've got a representative of the CT Small Business Development Center to let you in on everything the SBDC can do for you. Then we'll help parents, friends and loved ones of adolescents and teens facing possible mental health challenges access an important new resource from the CT Council of ...
55m Aug 06, 2023
55m
GVI's Urban Farming Extravaganza - CT Voices for Children - Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center
We're inviting you back out to the Reservoir Community Farm to attend next weekend's Green Village Initiative (GVI) First Urban Farming Extravaganza connecting farmers and gardeners to engage in beginner and intermediate hands-on workshops with the goal of growing knowledge and interconnection, rooted in our shared goal to feed our loved ones and communities. Next — are you aware that right no...
55m Jul 23, 2023
55m
SHU symposium on Creating Antiracist Solution - Children's Center of Hamden - AAA Northeast Bank Student Loan Support
This morning we're going to bookending our show promoting programs that will be directly or indirectly addressing two key recent Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and student load debt. We're opening by briefing educators, nonprofit representatives and community members about the upcoming Sacred Heart University symposium on Creating Antiracist Solutions, that will be addressing th...
55m Jul 16, 2023
55m
CT Food System Alliance pt 2 - AARP Community Challenge Awards - Visionary Physical Therapy
Check out the second of our two-part discussion with the Connecticut Food System Alliance about their recent collaborations and report to help inform all of New England as they pursue the goal of producing and consuming 30% of New England’s food needs in the region by 2030. Then, we'll focus on communities across Connecticut receiving AARP Community Challenge grants. This year, five Connecticu...
54m Jul 09, 2023
54m
CT Food System Alliance - USDA Summer Food Safety Advisory - CTLCV Legislative Recap
We're going to do a lot of talking about food and the environment this week starting with the first of a two-part discussion with the Connecticut Food System Alliance. We'll begin unpacking a recent report they helped produce to inform consumers, state governments, farmers, and the food industry in pursuit of producing and consuming 30% of New England’s food in the region by 2030. Then we'll t...
56m Jul 02, 2023
56m
CT Library Assoc - LGBTQ+ Moveable Senior Center Program - CT DOT Summer Update
A lot of people don't think much about libraries ...until they can't get reliable, factual answers they need asking their mobile device or smart speaker. So, we're catching up with the outgoing president of the CT Library Assoc. talking about these vital localized or specialized resource centers and the professionals who staff and stock them. Then we'll conclude our June Pride Month focus chat...
1hr Jun 25, 2023
1hr
Center for Empowerment & Education - AARP-CT - Naugatuck Valley Transportation Forum
For victims of interpersonal violence, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, the Center for Empowerment & Education provides support services while empowering individuals to find their voice and choose their path toward healing as they rebuild their lives. Tune in and hear all about it. Then we're going to check-in with our partners at AARP-CT to learn about a number of successful initiat...
56m Jun 18, 2023
56m
Wilton Pride / Norwalk River Valley Trail - International Festival of Arts & Ideas - NWF Pollinator Month
We're continuing our Pride Month focus showcasing a unique collaboration between Wilton Pride and the Norwalk River Valley Trail and the upcoming Push N' Pull Pride Month celebration. Tune in and find out how to be part of this first of its kind events at one of Fairfield County's newest recreational destinations. Then it's time for one of Connecticut's premier activities - the global cultural...
55m Jun 11, 2023
55m
United Way WCT Food Farmacy Pt. 2 - Westport Pride/Westport Museum Oral History Project - CT Dept of Education Teacher Recruitment/Diversity Initiative
We're wrapping up our 2-part series focusing on United Way of Western CT and its partnership with Nuvance Health on an innovative "Food Farmacy" - a community-based site designed to increase access to and consumption of healthful foods for those individuals across western and southwestern Connecticut diagnosed with obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and/or hypertension. Then we'll be putting so...
55m Jun 04, 2023
55m
United Way WCT Food Farmacy Pt. 1 - Career Resources Second Chance Job Fair - Bethel CT Pride
We're kicking off the first of a two-part series focusing on United Way of Western CT and Nuvance Health which just opened their Food Farmacy - a community-based site increasing access to and consumption of healthful foods for those across the region diagnosed with obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and/or hypertension. Then we're heading down to Bridgeport to chat with representatives from Car...
55m May 28, 2023
55m
Junior Achievement SW New England - Clean Energy Industry Report - Histoury
A lot of really exciting things happen when Junior Achievement is part of your kid's education. So For the People is Bringing in a former educator - now the leader of Junior Achievement of Southwest New England to learn how JA is inspiring students and young people to be productive contributors to Connecticut's communities and near-future workforce. Then we'll stay with the workforce theme — a...
57m May 21, 2023
57m
McCall Behavioral Health - Preusser Research Group/Transportation Trends - Yoga In Our City
While April was Alcohol Awareness Month, health and safety issues tied to alcohol use and consumption are affecting our communities 365 days a year, so we're circling back with McCall Behavioral Health to talk about how they are carrying alcohol awareness initiatives into the summer, along with some other exciting news involving this regional health agency. Then we're going to have a candid ch...
55m May 14, 2023
55m
Special Report: CT Cannabis Expo
As Connecticut's recreational cannabis market continues to flourish, and the date for legal home grown cannabis approaches, the award-winning For the People hit the floor of the Mohegan Sun convention center to chat with the organizer and a number of vendors at the recent XPOCANNA Connecticut Cannabis Expo to learn more about cannabis pharmacology, obtaining a medical cannabis card, cannabis te...
55m May 07, 2023
55m
Annie C Courtney Foundation - UConn's Korey Stringer Institute - CT Breast Health Initiative
Since May is National Foster Care Month, we're opening with the director of the Annie C. Courtney Foundation, to learn how this nonprofit is supporting and promoting positive, empowering, loving and healthy communities for vulnerable children, youth and families with the goal of preventing the need for foster care. Then it's off to UConn to learn a thing or two about preventing serious sports ...
55m Apr 30, 2023
55m
Wheeler's Walk With Me Program - Housatonic River Commission - Aspetuck Land Trust
We're circling back to the Wheeler Health network to help celebrate the recent CT Community Foundation grant supporting Wheeler's Walk With Me program -  creating a safe, affirming, and inclusive array of outpatient services for LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones. Then head back up the mighty Housatonic to catch up with the Housatonic River Commission - the decades-long driving force behind a ...
57m Apr 23, 2023
57m
Susan B. Anthony Project - Women and Families Center - Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
We're at the midpoint of April - Sexual Assault Awareness Month - so we're highlighting a couple of agencies providing support to victims beginning with the Susan B. Anthony Project - celebrating 40 years of service in Torrington and communities in central Litchfield County. Then we'll head to Meriden to chat with folks from the Women and Families Center, which provides sexual assault support ...
57m Apr 16, 2023
57m
LifeBridge Community Services - Wheelchair Advocacy - Aquarion Water PFAS Mitigation
Meet the new CEO of LifeBridge Community Services, a Bridgeport agency partnering with individuals, youth, and families to improve well-being, strengthen resilience, and create a brighter future. They've got an exciting event coming up called 'Creating from the HeART' - so we'll invite you to that while learning about the agency's recent designation as an Urban Trauma Center. Then, we'll welco...
57m Apr 09, 2023
57m
State Treasurer Erick Russell - CT Paid Leave Authority - ARI of Connecticut
For the People is pleased to introduce two new officials in our state government beginning with our newly elected State Treasurer Erick Russell who will get us up to speed on what his office is up to - as well as discussing programs like the Baby Bonds initiative and the state's Unclaimed Property Fund. Then, For the People will chat with the recently appointed leader of the CT Paid Leave Auth...
55m Apr 02, 2023
55m
CT NOFA 41st Winter Conference
As we celebrate the first full week of Spring it's appropriate that we also celebrate the return of the Northeast Organic Farming Association Connecticut Chapter's 41st Winter Conference that concluded with the first in-person event since 2020, and like we have been for decades, For the People was on scene to bring you interviews with CT NOFA leadership, reps from the FDA, the Farm to Consumer ...
56m Mar 26, 2023
56m
The Connecticut Justice Alliance - East Coast Greenway - (encore) New Reach
We're going to get inspired to try and keep more of Connecticut's young people out of the often defeating and damaging environment of incarceration as we meet the leader of CTJA - The Connecticut Justice Alliance - bringing a diverse set of voices together to lift up and protect kids facing challenges that can't be helped behind bars. Then we'll hear about The East Coast Greenway - stretching ...
56m Mar 19, 2023
56m
Consumer Protection Week - Jersey Mike's Day of Giving / Make-A-Wish CT - Greater Bridgeport Symphony
We're looking back on National Consumer Protection Week with Connecticut's Commissioner of Consumer Protection and bringing you some important reminders about how to best protect yourself and the ones you love from scammers and situations designed to rip you off or steal your identity. Then we'll work up your appetite with our friends from Jersey Mike's Subs. We are smack in the middle of Jers...
57m Mar 12, 2023
57m
Glebe House Museum - American Farmland Trust - AgingCT
We'll open transporting you to the Glebe House Museum in historic Woodbury's village center, and invite you to learn about one of the earliest historic house museums in the nation offering authentic architecture, an outstanding regional furniture collection and Gertrude Jekyll Garden. Next, we'll welcome the National Smart Solar Director for the American Farmland Trust. to help clue us all in ...
57m Mar 05, 2023
57m
NOFA-CT Conference Preview - CT Psychological Assoc - Housatonic Valley Assoc.
We've got exciting news for farmers, gardeners and those who love our land resources - The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (NOFA-CT) is with us previewing the 41st Winter Conference coming up in March and culminating with an in-person gathering and celebration at Wesleyan University. Then, we'll tell you about CONNIE - the CT Health Exchange that's required to implement by...
58m Feb 26, 2023
58m
UR Community Cares - VCF Index Pt. 3 / Greater valley Chamber of Commerce - Abilis
We're checking in with the founder of UR Community Cares, one of the state's coolest and under promoted community building nonprofits. We'll let you in on where this service organization has been popping up lately connecting neighbors to neighbors and providing support to seniors and others who may need an occasional hand around the house. Then we'll resume our series looking at the health and...
55m Feb 19, 2023
55m
CT Housing Partners Pt. 2 - Connecticut Community Foundation - AARP Community Challenge
We're opening where we left off last week - with the second of a two-part chat featuring the CEO of Connecticut Housing Partners, to hear about how this nonprofit has been working for over 30 years to end housing insecurity, address income inequality and prevent homelessness by creating and preserving safe, affordable housing, and resident services for people across the state. Then we'll check...
57m Feb 12, 2023
57m
Choose Love Awareness Month - Bike Walk Connecticut - CT Housing Partners Pt. 1
February is here and that means it's Choose Love Awareness Month - so we'll check in with Scarlett Lewis to discuss recent developments with her Choose Love Movement and the global expansion of important, effective programming in schools, businesses, communities and beyond that was inspired after losing her son in the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy. Then we'll hit the road with Bike Walk Connecticut ...
55m Feb 05, 2023
55m
Audubon Connecticut - Cap The Rent CT - Salisbury Winter Sports Assoc 97th Annual Jumpfest
We're starting and ending our program up in the air - opening with our top birding resource Audubon Connecticut celebrating this environmental nonprofit's 125th anniversary in 2023, as well as the acquisition of its latest open space parcel on Stratford Point, and a new series of workshops to help you understand and appreciate the importance of all our feathered friends. Then we'll address the...
56m Jan 29, 2023
56m
CT League of Conservation Voters - Jane Doe No More - Marijuana Policy Project
This week is the 2023 CT League of Conservation Voters annual summit. So, For the People is previewing what attendees have in store, and hopefully motivating you to participate while learning how to help protect our state's air and water quality, open spaces, and the sustainability of our environment for generations to come. Then we'll sit down with Jane Doe No More, a state-based non-profit e...
55m Jan 22, 2023
55m
Green Village Initiative (GVI) Pt. 2 - CT Age Well Collaborative - Recovery for All Connecticut
While it's early January, the good work and efforts surrounding community agriculture never really stops at Green Village Initiative. So we're opening today's program where we left off last week with Part 2 of our chat with GVI's executive director about what's happening today at the farm, and what's in store as she and her team dig in for 2023. Then, meet the CT Age Well Collaborative and lea...
55m Jan 15, 2023
55m
New Reach - VCF Index Pt. 3 / Valley Health District - Green Village Initiative (GVI) Pt. 1
Meet the director of New Reach, a nonprofit organization committed to making homelessness in Connecticut rare, brief and non-recurring. New Reach recently received a $2.5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund - the largest private gift in the organization’s history - so we'll get a few insights on how the grant is going to be utilized to better address homelessness in the region. Th...
56m Jan 08, 2023
56m
Assisted Living Services - Unpacking Healthcare Cost Drivers - CT Main Street Center
If you'll be visiting with aging loved ones this holiday season, our expert from Assisted Living Services will be discussing the most important things to look for and know if you believe someone you know may be in failing health, suffering from depression, or may just need some experienced guidance as they age in place. Then, if you are shocked by the rising cost of your healthcare coverage, w...
57m Dec 18, 2022
57m
CT Office of the Arts / Arts Hero Awards - Connecticut Health Foundation - Connex Credit Union
Our guest from Connecticut's Office of the Arts is picking up the conversation we started over the summer now that the agency is preparing to celebrate our 2022 Connecticut Arts Hero finalists. We'll hear who this year's Arts Heroes are, and let you in on how to be part of the celebration. Our next segment with the President and CEO of the Connecticut Health Foundation takes up the importance ...
55m Dec 11, 2022
55m
Continuum of Care / COMPASS - VCF Index Pt. 2 / TEAM Inc. - Aware Recovery Care
We're introducing a new program serving New Haven with a representative from Continuum of Care discussing the recently launched COMPASS initiative that's training and equipping teams of social workers and peer support to respond to crisis interventions and mental health emergencies. Then we'll continue our latest series drilling into the latest Valley Community Index - a collaborative project ...
55m Dec 04, 2022
55m