SPIFFY Coalition

Students focus on peers’ struggles: Getting to Y pilot program at Easthampton High seeks to address concerns raised in health survey

Posted on Thursday, June 1st, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Emily Thurlow, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/31/23
Link: Complete Article

EASTHAMPTON — A yearlong pilot program called “Getting to Y” is helping a group of city high school students gain a better understanding of what their peers are going through when it comes to a variety of health-related concerns, ranging from suicidal thoughts and the unfair treatment of students of color to perceptions of substance use…. [Read More]

$1M to fight youth opioid addiction

Posted on Saturday, October 6th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Hampshire Gazette
Date: 10/5/2018
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD — Six communities across the country received word this week from the Department of Justice that they will receive money to further study the causes and effects of the opioid crisis among young adults. One of the six: a western Mass. collective spearheaded by the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North… [Read More]

Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition is recipient of $100,000 grant for substance abuse prevention

Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services

NORTHAMPTON, MA – The SPIFFY Coalition, administered by the Collaborative for Educational Services, is pleased to announce the award of a $100,000 (renewable for up to four years) Massachusetts Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborative (SAPC) grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS.) Funding comes from the Substance Abuse… [Read More]