Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Connecticut Healthy Campus Initiative (CHCI)

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This initiative is funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant.

The Connecticut Healthy Campus Initiative (CHCI) is a catalyst for creating and sustaining healthy college campus and community environments. Members of the Connecticut Healthy Campus Initiative include individuals from campus-community coalitions throughout the state.

CHCI is a program of Wheeler Clinic’s Connecticut Center for Prevention, Wellness and Recovery and is funded by the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) with support of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA).

As part of the State Opioid Response (SOR) to the Opioid Crisis grant, DMHAS developed a plan that creates a comprehensive network of prevention and intervention activities to reduce risk across the state, including college campuses. Institutions of higher education have received funding to implement on-campus activities that will positively impact the campus community environment, including:

  • information dissemination or training on medication safe storage and safe medication disposal
  • training for faculty, staff, and students on opioid overdose and Narcan administration
  • public awareness activities
  • opioid misuse prevention education
  • survey administration to assess the level of the problem on campus

Awarded campuses:

Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)

 CT College

Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU)

Fairfield University (Main Campus)

 Fairfield University (Bellarmine Campus)

Goodwin University
Mitchell College CT State at Northwestern Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU)
University of Hartford University of New Haven

University of Connecticut (UConn)
Wesleyan University Western Connecticut State University Yale University

  

For more information about this important initiative, please contact:

Kelley Edwards, MS, CPS, Behavioral Health Program Manager, Prevention & Health Promotion Unit, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, (959)599-7543 or Kelley.Edwards@ct.gov

Heather Clinger, MPH, CPS, Associate Director, Prevention, Wellness & Recovery, Wheeler Clinic, 334 Farmington Ave, Plainville, CT 06062; 860-793-9791 or HClinger@Wheelerclinic.org