News – Partnership for Youth

Prevention Coalitions meet with Cannabis Control Commissioners

On March 2nd, the FRCOG hosted a meeting between local prevention coalitions from across Western Massachusetts with Commissioners Stebbins and Roy from the Cannabis Control Commission. The coalitions (including our own local Communities That Care and Greenfield 4SC Coalitions) have…

Opioid Settlement Updates: June & July 2023

Ideas and related materials for spending opioid settlement funds appropriately in Franklin County: Settlement Discussion Slides at Public Health Roundtable June 2023 (PDF, 1789 KB) The Recovery Research Institute’s Addictionary:…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2023

Monday, January 16, 2023 is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Dr. King was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the…

Celebrating Safely: Winter Gathering Guidance

The winter gatherings safety poster is available in color and black and white PDFs for printing as well as a JPEG for digital sharing below. winter gatherings safety tip sheet…

Vaccine Community Forum for Black, Indigenous, and person of color communities

LINKS: Link to the Youtube event: https://youtu.be/FgM4KAJm2JQ Link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/945278999540432/ https://frcog.org/event/vaccine-community-conversation-for-black-and-indigenous-people-and-people-of-color/

FRCOG Racial Justice Work

The murder of George Floyd and resulting international protests highlight again the dire consequences of systemic racism and inequity in our society. We all must proactively work to right centuries…

Build your community’s immunity: take time for a flu shot!

Flu season is here and local boards of health and public health nurses are hard at work making plans to build community immunity! Check out the calendar of vaccination clinics…

CPHS Health District Celebrates 6th Birthday

Members of the Boards of Health and Select Boards in the Cooperative Public Health Service health district’s eleven member towns gathered on November 29th to celebrate their sixth year of…

Cannabis Control Commission presentation slides

We were pleased to host Commissioner Kay Doyle and Director of Government Affairs David Lakeman at the FRCOG on 6/7 for a review of the final Massachusetts Adult Use Marijuana…

New Census Data on local population

The latest population estimate by county shows that Franklin County’s population declined from 2000 to 2017 by about 670 people (or <1%), while the state and nation grew by 4.8%…