About Region 5
Western CT Coalition and its partners are working toward a goal of raising awareness of Problem and Disordered Gambling, breaking down the stigma surrounding this addiction, and helping those seeking treatment and recovery. As the Regional Behavioral Health Action Organization, we engage with many volunteers working toward the prevention of substance misuse, suicide, and disordered gambling. Our overall mission is to promote the behavioral health continuum of care and to enhance the 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
Jeff McKenna, WCTC Gambling Awareness Prevention Coordinator
[email protected]
203-743-7741
860-266-1822
27 Siemon Company Drive, Suite 304W
Watertown, CT 06795
https://www.wctcoalition.org
https://www.wctcoalition.org/region5problemgamblingteam
Jeff joined WCTC in February 2025. He is immediate past president of the Community Services Council of Woodbury Inc. & The Woodbury Food Bank and is the CEO of the Woodbury-Bethlehem ASAP (Advocates for Substance Abuse Prevention) local prevention coalition – an organization he has been with since 2008. He served as Project Director during WB-ASAP’s Drug Free Communities grant, and spearheaded the successful Racing 2 SAVE LIVES initiative. WB-ASAP was the first Local Prevention Council in Connecticut to be named the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) “Distinguished Friend of Education” in 2020; was awarded the Connecticut Association of Prevention Professionals “Coalition of the Year” in 2021, and in 2022 Jeff was awarded the Western CT Coalition’s “Carl Bailey Community Asset Builder Award”. He is excited to be a part of WCTC as a Prevention Coordinator, building awareness around gambling and behavioral health disorders while educating various communities on the risks associated with gambling and how people can protect themselves.
