Truth Pharm

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.

01/28/2026

Come down to the office tonight for our Community Potluck!

49 Pine St from 6:00 to 8:30 pm!

Chili Cook Off!

Send a message to learn more

01/24/2026

Great night to table and watch the Black Bears win!!!

01/19/2026

We are very grateful and excited to be sharing the Trail of Truth at the Florida Harm Reduction Collective Conference.

Please join us on Tuesday January 27th at 6pm for a memorial honoring lives lost to Opioid & drug overdoses. This event is open to the public & will take place at the 4th Annual Florida Harm Reduction Conference at the Hilton Bayfront in St. Petersburg.
Attendees are invited to bring a t-shirt from their loved one’s favorite band to be displayed at the National Mall in Washington for Opioid Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st.

01/19/2026

Clearing the Confusion is happening tomorrow at the Truth Pharm office from 6-8 PM! We hope to see you there.

01/15/2026

We appreciate Angela Kennecke's take on this and we agree.

Nearly $2 billion in federal grants for mental health, addiction prevention, treatment and recovery services are being reinstated after a swift national backlash.

01/15/2026

Later yesterday (1/14) we learned that the decision to cancel $2 billion in funding for mental health and behavioral health services that was announced (1/13 2pm) was reversed.

While we’re grateful, we feel an unease. We suspect now rather than using an axe, they’ll use a dagger to carve out what they don’t want to fund.

We are also livid that it would seem appropriate to a government body to inflict trauma, on a trauma affected community. People literally lost their jobs as of 1/13. Sure they get them back, but how many of those people were in recovery and at risk of relapse with such sudden and stunning news?

This is not fair or appropriate governance. No one can think this is sound.

Many of the affected grant programs had bipartisan support and President Donald Trump has supported them in the past.