While Safe Station continues in Manchester and Nashua as an alternative “doorway” into recovery, the following is a look at what other fire departments around NH are doing in their communities to help shepherd people READ MORE
They are also ready, at any time of day or night as long as the fire station is open, for people to come in and sit on the chairs. If they do, such people will have visited Safe Station, a much talked about yet little understood service that the fire department provides. The most difficult part of Safe Station is walking through the door, which requires participants to admit they might have a problem. READ MORE
Today we have our city services overburdened with people from outside the city. Today we have a serious quality of life issue in Manchester, especially the downtown area. We have business owners who are at their wit’s end trying to deal with homeless people camping out in front of their restaurants and shops. We have a local park overrun with addicts and homeless while children are participating in band camp nearby. We have needles on the streets and in our parks. READ MORE
The state needs to fix its Doorway program, the statewide opiate treatment system so that Manchester doesn’t continue to be overwhelmed by people seeking help, city officials said at a news conference Friday. READ MORE
More people from the Lakes Region who need help with a substance abuse disorder go to a fire station-based program in Manchester than seek help at the local hub for a vaunted new statewide system costing millions of dollars. READ MORE
AMR’s monthly Safe Station stats for Manchester and Nashua. READ MORE
The total combined opioid overdoses for March 2019 in the state’s two largest cities of Nashua and Manchester were 89 with 10 of those being fatalities and 0 additional fatalities pending toxicology confirmation. READ MORE
On Tuesday night the Board of Aldermen voted unanimously in favor of supporting Safe Station. The vote was prompted by controversy stirred up by Alderman-At-Large Joe Kelly Levasseur, who 48-hours earlier instigated panic in the community by saying he wanted the program gone. READ MORE
Monthly update from AMR based on Safe Station stats. READ MORE
PART OF THE SERIES Editor’s note: Second part of an ongoing series of stories over the next several weeks by the Granite News Collaborative reporting on NH’s new Hub and Spoke network of mental health, READ MORE
Click here to join the growing list of InkLink Community Ad Partners who, like us, are mission driven and believe in building community.
Copyright (c) 2021 Manchester Ink Link. All rights reserved. Site by Manon Etc