For the People

Today's program features three encore segments starting with a conversation about saving energy — we'll touch base with our source at Eversource for some timely tips on how you can easily save some serious cash making a few inexpensive investments including booking yourself a home energy audit.

Then we'll replay a talk with the Child Health & Development Institute about addressing childhood trauma through a school-based program aptly called 'Bounce Back.' 

And finally, we'll encore a chat with the co-founder of the nonprofit Connecticut Health Investigative team - bringing critical health reporting to our state and communities. 

Today we're going to hear from some brand new friends from the regional chapter of Royal Family Kids seeking new volunteers to help challenged young people in communities across western and central Connecticut..

Or maybe you're in a position to help end homelessness in our state with the CT Coalition to End Homelessness as a volunteer for their Point in Time Count and Youth Count coming up in mid-January.

And we'll close promoting the Connecticut Green Bank offering special low interest rate financing solutions to assist with home energy upgrades and remediating health and safety issues in and around your home.

This segment of 'For the People' is helping the Yale School of Public Health recruit families for its Families Coping Together with Alzheimer's Disease Study - in order to better understand how loved ones cope with dementia and develop programs for other caregivers.

Then we'll be celebrating Giffin Hospital's being one of the first hospitals in the state to launch Unite Connecticut – connecting Valley health and social services providers through shared technology to address social needs and deliver better care.

And we'll close with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern CT reminding you that one of the most impactful resolutions you can make this New Year is to improve the  life of a child. January is National Mentoring Month and we'll clue you in on how you can change a child's life for the better in 2020.

Did you know most tragic house fires happen right around Christmas. Listen in as we welcome a fire safety expert form the National Fire Protection Association who will tell you how to prevent a fire destroying your home and holiday.

Then we'll get you up to speed on all the latest scams and ways creeps and thieves are going after you, your identity, and your hard earned cash with Connecticut BBB.

And we'll close diving into a chat about all the Central CT Coast YMCA network has to offer - from before & after school childcare, to water safety, to helping you keep your resolution to get healthier in 2020.

We just received a note from the Green Village Initiative about a new 'SeedMoney' campaign to support the rebuilding of two Bridgeport area community gardens. So on this Thanksgiving weekend, we're replaying a program we taped earlier this fall at Reservoir Community Farm in Bridgeport during  the Green Village initiative's Harvest Fest to remind you about this important cause. 

We'll introduce you to staff, organizers, activists, researchers, food equity advocates and even a neighborhood farmer and get a very inspiring crash course on why initiatives like GVI and the many community gardens they manage across the Park City are so critical to the physical and economic health of Bridgeport residents.

Listen to an American Lung Association spokesperson unpack vital details from this year's 'State of Lung Cancer' report including heartening news about survivability in Connecticut.

Then we'll celebrate Epilepsy Awareness Month with the CT Epilepsy Advocate and a Yale researcher who developed important new information to help folks with drug resistant epilepsy.

And we'll introduce you to VetFuel - a nonprofit whose mission is to ensure no veteran should want for a job or appropriate medical care because of a lack of transportation.

Thanks to a new system from the CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence, victims can use their phone, texts, chat, and email to receive critical and immediate assistance - so tune in and we'll tell you how it works.

Then we'll hear about a groundbreaking study ramping up at the Yale School of Medicine that could open the door for numerous other studies targeting new therapies involving medical marijuana.

And we'll close learning how programs through the nonprofit Connecticut Housing Partners are preventing homelessness and helping families and the elderly struggling to afford their rent.

Cops always run toward a crisis, but who takes care of our brothers and sisters in blue when they are in crisis? You can help by tuning in and learning more about CABLE - The Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement.

Then, check out our invitation to help keep kids and families under their own roof by holding your Paddington "bear-raiser" to benefit the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness.

And hey guys, it's Mo-vember, so plan to attend the November 14 Men's Health Fair at Yale Urology providing you free blood pressure screenings, information on male sexuality and intimacy issues, prostate cancer screenings, smoking cessation support and more.

This morning we're producing a Special Report we recorded live at Reservoir Community Farm in Bridgeport to celebrate Harvest Fest with the Green Village Initiative (GVI). We'll introduce you to GVI staff, organizers, activists, researchers, food equity advocates, and even a neighborhood farmer to get a very inspiring crash course on why initiatives like GVI and the many community gardens they manage across the Park City are so critical to the physical and economic health of Bridgeport region residents.

This morning John Voket and the award-winning For the People opens checking in with a physician about new research suggesting the flu can trigger a heart attack or stroke weeks later for those with certain risk factors. 

Then we'll encore a segment aimed at helping educate Connecticut employers and their workforce about the cost of employee stress - and learn how employers can better support employees with programs to address and mitigate stress.

And we'll close with a conversation about saving energy as temperatures start to drop with our source at Eversource — tune in for some timely tips on how you can easily save some serious cash this winter and in the years to come.