Mission
The ROADS initiative (Regional Opioid Alliance & Data Sharing) mission is to analyze and share opioid overdose data and provide resources to the community through outreach and education, as a means of combatting this ongoing public health crisis.
What We Do
Pomperaug District Department of Health (PDDH) is the local health department for the three towns of
Oxford, Southbury, and Woodbury, CT. PDDH's mission is to improve the health and well-being of nearly 50,000 constituents, while enforcing the CT Public Health Code.
PDDH's services include: environmental health protection; reportable disease control; and community health promotion. Grant funding from CT Community Foundation has enabled the Pomperaug Community Health team to deliver an array of programs, with a particular emphasis on older adults striving to age gracefully at home.
Additionally, Pomperaug and its "ROADS" partners are heavily involved in addressing the ongoing opioid crisis, sweeping the nation. The suburban towns in western CT have been especially hard-hit, evidenced by overdose deaths in young and old alike.