FOX47 Madison by BRADY MALLORY Wednesday, April 7th, 2021 Video link.
"We can't go out, so let's stay in and drink." That was what a lot of Americans thought and did a year ago when the pandemic began. For the first time in a year, since COVID-19 began spreading across the United States forcing Americans to stay home, retail alcohol sales have fallen.
Rosecrance Health Network, a national leader in behavioral health care based in Rockford, IL, has acquired Connections Counseling, an agency with an impressive 18-year history in the Madison, Wisconsin area. The agreement became effective December 31, 2020.
Connections Counseling supports speaking out against racial injustice. We stand with those who are fighting for systemic reform, safety and equity for all people. We are committed to acknowledge and dismantle inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services so we can better support our staff and clients.
Connections Counseling has taken action by providing Witnessing Whiteness Workshop to all of our staff. The workshop offers practical information on building knowledge, skills, capacities, and communities that support anti-racism practices, a hopeful look at our collective future, and a discussion of how to create a culture of witnesses who support allies for social and racial justice.
Connections has also developed a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) workgroup that will inform system improvements as a means of accountability to sustain change
Connections Counseling psychotherapist Cory Divine and other local experts provide background on increasing overdoses in Dane County. Aired on Fox47 July 21, 2020 MADISON, Wis. -- Calls for suspected overdoses are on the rise in Dane County. While the issue can partly be blamed on the isolation and loneliness brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, that's not the main cause.
According to data from Dane County Emergency Management, first responders have been called for 693 patients suspected of overdosing on opioids from January 1 to July 5, 2020. In that same time period in 2019, there were 426 patients.
After more than two decades of Wisconsin's Opioid crisis, five individuals have chosen to share their recovery stories, offering hope to many others. Within this five part series, hosted by madison.com, read about two individuals who Connections Counseling personally helped during their journey to a drug free lifestyle. Read this five part series here.
If you or anyone you know is fighting a drug addiction, please contact Connections Counseling for more information.