About Region 5
Western CT Coalition and its partners are working toward a goal of raising awareness of Problem and Disordered Gambling, breaking down stigma surrounding this addiction, and helping those seek treatment and recovery. As the Regional Behavioral Health Action Organization we engage with many volunteers working toward prevention of substance misuse, suicide, and disordered gambling. Our overall mission is to promote the behavioral health continuum of care and to enhance quality of life at every stage. The Problem Gambling Awareness Team is an extension of this work where alongside PGS, CCPG, MCCA, Naugatuck Youth Services, and many others we are educating our communities on this important topic and extending a hand to anyone who needs help.
Communities include: Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canaan, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Oxford, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Southbury, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Winchester, Winsted, Wolcott, and Woodbury.
Region 5 Coordinator
Matt McGee, WCTC Gambling Awareness Prevention Coordinator
mmcgee@wctcoalition.org
203-402-9503
7 Old Sherman Tpke
Danbury, CT 06810
https://www.wctcoalition.org
https://www.wctcoalition.org/region5problemgamblingteam
Matt joined WCTC in June 2024. He is a lifelong resident of Connecticut, residing down the road from Region 5 in Shelton. He recently graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and has a strong passion for social work and public service. Prior to working at WCTC, Matt was an AmeriCorps/Social Work Intern at a food insecurity agency called the East End NRZ Market & Cafe in Bridgeport, CT, and he is currently serving his first term on Shelton’s Planning & Zoning Commission as an Alternate. In his spare time, he helps run a small community litter clean-up organization called The Shelton Clean-Up Project. He is excited to be a part of WCTC as a Prevention Coordinator, assisting those who struggle with gambling and behavioral health disorders while educating various communities on the risks associated with gambling and how people can protect themselves. If he’s not working on community projects, you can probably find him at a concert or watching the Giants, Red Sox, Rangers, or at a Bridgeport Islanders game.
