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The CN Guidance Basket of Hope charity event was held recently at The Mansion at Oyster Bay to raise awareness and funding for substance use treatment. More than 200 leaders from Long Island area businesses, civic organizations and behavioral health providers; and public officials, gathered and honored achievements in mental health and substance use treatment […]

  The latest Gallup survey found that over half of U.S. teens are spending nearly five-hours a day on social media. The VP of program excellence at CN Guidance & Counseling Jaclyn McCarthy has some tips to keep teens safe on social media.

(Woodbury, NY) The CN Guidance Basket of Hope charity event, held Wednesday night at The Mansion at Oyster Bay, honored the memory of Shaun La Macchia, who tragically lost his life due to an overdose. His sister CNG board member, Lisa La Macchia, spearheaded the evening to remember Shaun, while helping others who experience the […]

Long Island Business News 3.15.24 Northwell Health doctors John Young and Sandeep Kapoor will be featured at the CN Guidance Basket of Hope event to raise funds for mental health and substance abuse awareness treatment.  Set for March 20 at The Mansion at Oyster Bay, the event features Dr. Young as one of the honorees. He […]

February 12, 2024 (Hicksville, NY) Carl Radke, a mental health and sobriety advocate known from Bravo’s Summer House, will be a featured speaker at CN Guidance’s Basket of Hope charity raffle event on March 20th at the Mansion at Oyster Bay. Appearing on behalf of Loverboy’s new line of non-alcoholic beverages, Radke – who is […]

January 18, 2024 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Hicksville, NY) Long Island is home to over 150,000 Veterans – a well-admired, but often vulnerable population with higher-than-average rates of mental illness, substance use, and suicide. CN Guidance & Counseling Services, through funding from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation (MCHF) in 2022, has been bridging mental health […]

  By David Olsondavid.olson@newsday.com@DavidOlson11Updated June 23, 2023 3:39 pm A shortage of prescription opioids is causing people with severe pain to scramble to find their medicine, Long Island doctors and pharmacists say. The federal government over the past decade drastically reduced the supply of legal opioid medication, in an effort to curb widespread abuse of the […]

February 22, 2023: Nonprofits, schools stepping up to assist children in need of mental health help On cbsnews.com: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zq2Ry6wg6c-sURuQ1F3COKxxKe09F5OT/view?usp=share_link Video: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nonprofits-schools-stepping-up-to-assist-children-in-need-of-mental-health-help-that-cant-get-to-a-psychologist/

January 10, 2023: Nassau mental health, drug treatment for teens at home, on campus In Newsday: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FhJuaDoHb12cntQS52VyCq7WWuT7WR5o/view?usp=share_link Video: https://www.newsday.com/news/health/youth-assertive-community-treatment-nassau-syproc8d  

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Long Island, NY (October 26, 2021) – Parents, teachers, local business owners, and youth in the Northport/East Northport school district will leverage new federal funding…

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July 17, 2021:  Some LIers struggle with alcohol addiction in aftermath of COVID-19 shutdown In Newsday: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VPmIXcokAXgT72EFqHmj3qWi4Kvnk7gC/view?usp=share_link

By: Michael O’Keeffe michael.okeeffe@newsday.com May 6, 2021 U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer urged the federal government on Thursday to help Long Island drug treatment providers receive additional funds to address a surge in substance abuse and fatal overdoses sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Citing data first reported by Newsday last month, Schumer (D-N.Y.) said federal assistance […]

For Immediate Release. UnitedHealthcare Donates $1.3 Million to Nonprofits in New York Funding is part of UnitedHealthcare…