Truth Pharm

02/07/2026

Kathy's Friday Wrap Up....

This week at Truth Pharm we helped. We helped a lot.

12 (I think) community members provided with Back Rent payments from the Social Care Network.
2 people secured new housing with the Social Care Network and got keys!!
12 (I think) community members provided food boxes or food vouchers from the Social Care Network. I think I may have lost track honestly, almost every person screened in a week are in need of food.

Our Executive Director, board members and Rainmakers went to Albany to advocate with NYSHRA.

We tabled at 2 community events to deliver Social Care Network services to folks that need the assistance.

We attended a community education session for Grant writing.

We also attended another education session regarding advocacy.

We held Clearing The Confusion and introduced a community member to the benefits of Motivational Interviewing.

We served 86 unique individuals in our office for drop in hours.
Distributed food 108 times
Distributed hygiene products 14 times
Clothing 5 times
Wound care supplies 7 times
Connected to insurance 1 person
Referred to treatment 1 person

Oh ya, and we released this really amazing report about Opioid Settlement Funds in New York.

Busy week!!!

See ya Monday!

Call us at 607-296-3016 to access Social Care Network services if you or your kids have a managed care Medicaid plan, or if you might be eligible for one.

And we’re always here to help people access treatment.

02/04/2026

Our Founder and Executive Director, Alexis Pleus, will be speaking I’ll be speaking at the Mental Hygiene Hearing shortly. You can watch live here:

News and Information from the New York State Assembly

02/04/2026

Together with our staff and community members, we released “Community Solutions, State Exclusions: The Misalignment of New York's Opioid Settlement Funds,” which analyzes New York State’s Opioid Settlement Fund (OSF) spending.

This report highlights how the current approach is structurally shutting out the community-based organizations most connected to the overdose crisis.

We urge state leaders to address these funding imbalances and treat opioid settlement funds as a finite, time-limited opportunity.

Read more on the report here: https://truthpharm.org/opioid-settlement-fund/ #

02/04/2026

We're dropping a CRAZY amazing newsletter tomorrow!! What's that? You didn't know we had a newsletter? Uh, yes, we do, you better sign up tonight!!

Truth Pharm takes an artistic approach to raise awareness, reduce stigma, educate the public and advocate for policy change to reduce the harms of substance use

02/01/2026

We will be painting tombstones this Wednesday (2/4) from 6-8 PM in the Truth Pharm office! Come join us to paint tombstones to memorialize our loved ones lost to substance-use-related causes💜

Call us at 607-296-3016 if the door is locked.

01/31/2026

So cool that the Public Defender’s Office put this resource guide together!

The Broome County Public Defender’s Office, with the help of our Binghamton University Social Work interns, has created a Local Community Resource Guide! 🌟

This guide connects individuals and families to essential community services and supports. It’s available both in our office and by scanning the QR code below.

📘 Stop by or scan to explore resources related to housing, food, healthcare, mental health, and more!

01/31/2026

This is WONDERFUL!

01/30/2026

Social Care Network update for y'all...

This week at Truth Pharm (and we still have tomorrow in the office) we have assisted a lot of folks.

By alot I mean we have sent over 80 cases to Care Compass.

In other words...

We sent referrals for 29 services, mostly for food vouchers or boxes.

I created 48 cases for community members which included rental assistance and home goods.

We screened community members for services and checked in on open cases with community members. Speaking to a community member about their new apartment and home furnishings, hearing joy and hope.

We sent rental assistance, security and ordered home furnishings for a community member transitioning into housing. This person is in recovery. I remember when my own mom would pick up a new sponsee from rehab, scraping together things for them to restart their life. Today I got to help someone choose the color of their new bed frame, curtains, plates everything....

We worked with another community member to find an apartment, schedule the time to view it, secure rental assistance, security and home furnishings for them as they transition from being unhoused into their own apartment. ,

Talked to 5 people referred from 1 landlord that noted his tenants are behind and hoping to connect them to resources.

That is only the Social Care Network.

We still hosted our Potluck last night and offered Overdose Recognition and Respone training today, training 6 more community members to respond to an opioid overdose.

Its busy work, it's time consuming, but I can't begin to explain how much it warms my heart.

See y'all tomorrow!! -Kathy

If you’re on Medicaid, or think you might be eligible for Medicaid, contact us Monday - Friday 9am-6:30pm at 607-296-3016 to perform an over the phone screening to see if you’re eligible.