For the People

This week host John Voket opens introducing a brand new program specificall for teens and young adults grappling with addiction called SMART Recovery.

Then we'll get an earful on the Governor's latest budget proposals and hear which vulnerable populations are targeted for cuts this year.

And we'll close with Sacred Heart University's Institute for Public Policy, and review some of the high points of their latest study on how the state budget situation is affecting residents' quality of life.

This week host John Voket opens talking with Connecticut's Small Business Development Center about all the free, game changing support, guidance and resources they offer.

Then we're going to talk about pediatric Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI), which is one of a few organizations across the nation piloting a program helping pediatricians recognize and respond to children exhibiting symptoms of ADHD.

And as you're prepping for your big Super Bowl party, we'll close with a veteran USDA food safety with important advice to help keep you and your guests safe from foodborne illness.

This week host John Voket rings up the Diocease of Bridgeport school superintendent on the first day of National catholic Schools Week to learn how his schools' faith-based mission makes a unique difference in their students' education. 

Then we'll drill into the latest American Lung Association's 'State of Tobacco Control' report and hear about how hundreds of millions intended for tobacco education, prevention, and cessation programs are being diverted.

And we'll wrap fact checking the big new film about PT Barnum with the ultimate expert - the executive director of Connecticut's Barnum Museum.

This week host John Voket rings up the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County and invites listeners and community builders to this week's Creative Placemaking Conference to focus on the role artists, creative businesses and cultural nonprofits can play in the economic, community development and well-being of Connecticut.

Then we'll learn why Wallingford's Gaylord Hospital has earned accreditation in not one, not two, but three critical three sub-specialties for brain, spinal cord and stroke rehab - and what it means for patients under their care.  

And we'll close visiting with the founders of the CMAK Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation to recap all the accomplishments they've achieved with their Race4Chase youth triathlon program - honoring one of the young lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

This week host John Voket opens our 2018 campaign coverage with former lifelong Republican Oz Giebel, and lifelong Democrat Monte Frank, who have both abandoned their major party affiliations to run for Governor and Lt Governor as independents.

Then we'll check in with Operation Fuel to keep tabs on how they are doing as residents who need heating assistance work their way through one of the coldest early winters in memory.

And we'll pop into Adam's House, to hear about the next 'Friends In Grief' of FIG training session - equipping volunteers to assist children and families suffering after losing a loved one.

This week host John Voket opens with the CT Coalition to End Homelessness - talking about how you can help the agency with two upcoming census programs whose data can help the state get more funding to underwrite shelter and housing.

Then we engage the state's Consumer Council to learn why she is so fired up about the recent federal repeal of net neutrality - and why it could be harmful to Connecticut consumers, businesses, and future innovation.

And we'll close with IRIS - Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services - hearing about the work our state's largest refugee resettlement network, and inviting you to join thousands of others in the agency's 2018 Run for Refugees on Super Bowl morning.

This week host John Voket chats with the state DECD about 11 new transit-oriented development projects launching in 2018 under a new $15 million grant program.

This week For the People host John Voket sits with Dr Jeremy Richman, who lost his daughter Avielle in the Sandy Hook tragedy, to learn how her namesake Avielle Foundation is supporting new programs in 2018 to better understand and support young people negatively affected by trauma and other factors.

This week For the People host John Voket visits Norwalk Hospital to unveil a first of its kind partnership with the globally recognized oncology team from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

This week For the People host John Voket joins the CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence to recognize a milestone — the agency's life saving and life changing Lethality Assessment Program or LAP is now in place with every single law enforcement agecy in Connecticut.