Welcome Hudson Valley to this week’s edition of IN TOUCH, the public affairs and issues program that runs across Townsquare Media of the Hudson Valley radio stations.

This week’s guest Julia Lybolt, Sullivan County Therapist with Bridge Back to Life. Bridge Back to Life Center originated in 1988 in the NYC area, until recently when in January 2022 where they had their ribbon cutting ceremony for the first and only mobile treatment unit for outpatient services for addiction counseling. The unit was a direct response to the opioid epidemic in Sullivan County. The MTU is designed to provide outpatient services for Alcohol and Drug addictions in the most rural areas in our county where some people cannot go to a traditional brick and mortar location within their area and sometimes have to drive almost an hour or more to get to one.

Julia is a returning guest to In Touch. When she was originally on, she spoke with our previous host and producer Paty Quin about how Sullivan County was the highest in all of NYS for Drug overdoses. Today, we caught up with Julia to see where things stand today, and how much the Mobile Treatment Unit has grown over the last year.

We invite you to join us and listen to a previously recorded conversation between Julia and myself here on In Touch.

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This has been this week’s edition of IN TOUCH, the public affairs and issues program that runs across Townsquare Media of the Hudson Valley radio stations. We want to give a big thank you to Julia Lybolt. For more information on Bridge Back to Life and their Mobile Treatment Unit, please visit Bridge Back to Life DOT Com.

You can also check them out and follow the Mobile Treatment Unit’s travel schedule on their social media, such as facebook.com/sullivancountymobiletreatmentunit, Instagram at instagram.com/sullivancountymobiletreatment and their Twitter Account @SullCountyMTU.

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