Announcements
Meet Our New Team Member, Jeremy Kosbob
Jeremy is our new Recovery Friendly Workplace Manager. He is a social worker/youth advocate and justice reformist who has been in the nonprofit field for over 13 years. Jeremy has worked in variety of roles across this time, ranging from youth counselor to more recently as Director for the City of Juvenile Review Board 2011-2020 and as a Social Worker with the Department of Children and Families Connecticut 2020-2021. In 2019 Jeremy was the recipient of the Senator Blumenthal CT Person of the year for work with reentry population (www.ctreentry.org). Read full bio.

Jeremy will be focusing much of his efforts on the Recovery Workplace Initiative. If you'd like to become a certified RFW or want to know more about the initiative please reach out to him directly at: jeremy@ryasap.org 
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Connecticut Clearinghouse Wants Your Input for their Needs Assessment Survey
Connecticut Clearinghouse is conducting a Needs Assessment Survey. Whether you have borrowed a book, requested pamphlets, attended an educational forum, requested our mobile resource van for an event, or used our listserv, your feedback about our services is invaluable.
Please take 10 minutes out of your day to complete the survey. The survey will close on June 15, 2021.
The State Wants Your Opinion! Take this short survey.

This survey will help the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CT DOT) identify transportation barriers within the State. It will enable us to engage with stakeholders to outline the transportation needs for individuals with disabilities, elderly individuals, and people and families with low-incomes.
The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) is conducting a survey to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Connecticut residents. Critical to better understanding the current and future needs of our residents and those of the persons we serve in our system, this survey will help inform policy and programmatic decisions. To participate, a respondent must be 18 years of age or older and be a resident of Connecticut. The survey will be available online, on paper and over the phone in English, Spanish and Portuguese.


Phone number: 475-434-1899 or 475-355-5393 Mondays - Fridays 10AM-12PM.

If you have any questions or would like additional information about the survey feel free to contact Ana Florence at ana.florence@yale.edu
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