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VIDEO: New problem gambling TV ad airing

March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month, and Capital Area Human Services is helping raise awareness by producing and airing a new television ad in partnership

March 15, 2023 9:30 am

VIDEO: Dr. Laughinghouse interviewed for TV report on drugs in schools

A WAFB-TV, Channel 9 I-TEAM report by Scottie Hunter on March 9, raised awareness about the amount of drugs found in area schools, and CAHS

March 10, 2023 12:23 pm

VIDEO: Kristen Smith describes the importance of school based therapy

Click here to watch CAHS School Based Therapist Kristen Smith talk about why school based therapy services are so important. Kristen suffered from a traumatic

March 9, 2023 10:51 am

VIDEO: Fitness and nutrition can help improve mental health

Ricky Pampo, fitness and nutrition instructor at Capital Area Human Services, sat down with CAHS Certified Peer Support Specialist Ivan Toldson in this edition of

March 8, 2023 11:00 am

CAHS Vice Chair Hobdy honored for behavioral health advocacy

Congratulations to CAHS Board of Directors’ Vice Chair Gerri Hobdy on being honored by the YWCA Greater Baton Rouge for her tireless work in advocating

March 7, 2023 4:15 pm

CAHS travels to Clinton for family outreach

On March 4, the CAHS Prevention Team hosted its first “Driving Into Recovery” of 2023 by visiting Clinton in East Feliciana Parish and helping more

March 7, 2023 9:37 am

CAHS team reaches out at 225 Fest activities

Pictured above, front (l-r): CAHS employees Dawn Collins, Jasmine Fisher, Kristina McCaleb, Gracyn Migues and Yolanda Yancy; back (l-r): Bridget Lewis, Lolita Jones, Sheidra Boutte,

February 27, 2023 4:00 pm

Collins talks about prevention efforts on radio show

CAHS Prevention Coordinator Dawn Collins appeared Feb. 9 as a guest on the “Mornings with Brian Haldane” show on Talk 107.3 radio. Collins appeared in

February 10, 2023 12:05 pm

CAHS participates in Prevention Summit

Prevention Program Monitor Supervisor Bridget Lewis, MS-LPP, and Prevention Coordinator Dawn Collins (pictured above, l-r) represented CAHS at the 10th Annual I CARE Prevention Summit,

February 1, 2023 3:15 pm

Opioid misuse training offered for EBR school district

The Prevention Team of Capital Area Human Services is pioneering “Opioid Misuse & Overdose Awareness,” a comprehensive training for school systems. On January 11, the

January 11, 2023 4:10 pm

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