by Randy Rieland | Jul 31, 2024 | Education, Health, Sidebar
This is the first part of a series on the mental health struggles of today’s generation of teenagers, the urgent need for more support in schools and how families can get help. Schools scramble to keep up The plan, Erica Jennejahn recalls, was to get ahead of things,...
by Randy Rieland | May 26, 2021 | Health, Local Services
While the focus has been on COVID-19, drug overdose deaths in the state spike to record levels Addiction, it’s said, thrives in privacy. So as everything began to shut down in March 2020, and isolation became a way of life during the pandemic, people in the treatment...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 28, 2021 | Education, Local Services
The PATH Foundation is happy to announce the recipients of their Flexible Funding grant cycle. Over $1.2 million in funding was awarded to 38 area organizations to support their missions and strengthen the health and vitality for everyone in our community. The...
by Randy Rieland | Apr 17, 2021 | Education, Health, Local Services
Children have been less susceptible to the coronavirus, but for many, a year of social isolation and academic unpredictability has challenged their mental health. A year of living with COVID-19 has taken a toll on Virginia’s Piedmont, from deaths — 62 in Fauquier...