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Press release<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UConnectCare (formerly Genesee\/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse) has hired Jay Baran as the coordinator of the GOW Opioid Task Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baran, 26, is responsible for overseeing the three-county \u2013 Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming \u2013 volunteer organization that is dedicated to dedicated to saving lives by reducing overdoses and overdose deaths.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A graduate of St. Mary\u2019s of Lancaster, Baran earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Public Health with a minor in Biology from SUNY Brockport in 2022. She replaces Christen Foley, who accepted the position of project director of the Western New York Prevention Resource Center, a program of UConnectCare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her role as coordinator, Baran will provide assistance to the task force\u2019s six work groups \u2013 steering committee, access to care, data, community education, law enforcement, and family, loved ones and allies. She also will be setting up quarterly meetings and events, with Overdose Awareness Day on August 28 next on the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have a passion for public health and am grateful to be able to serve in that capacity (with UConnectCare),\u201d she said. \u201cThe GOW Opioid Task Force has made quite an impact over the past several years and I am looking forward to the initiatives that lie ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baran served as a camp counselor for Just for Kids in Orchard Park before taking a position with Citibank in Buffalo for a year. Last year, she managed the social media account and coordinated a team of volunteers at Uplift Irondequoit, a coalition that supports programs and activities related to prevention, education and reduction of youth substance use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the GOW Opioid Task Force, contact Baran a jbaran@uconnectcare.org<\/a> or at 585-815-1863.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press release UConnectCare (formerly Genesee\/Orleans Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse) has hired Jay Baran as the coordinator of the GOW Opioid Task Force. Baran, 26, is responsible for overseeing the three-county \u2013 Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming \u2013 volunteer organization that is dedicated to dedicated to saving lives by reducing \u2026<\/p>\n

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