Kristin Keefner has learned to stay calm when others are in crisis through her job as a 911 emergency dispatcher for the Berkshire County Sheriff s Office.
The Berkshire County Sheriff s Office has received $34,975 from the federal Residential Substance Abuse Treatment grant program to deliver substance abuse treatment to incarcerated people.
Jason Cuyler is the executive director of 2nd Street Second Chances, a program that provide services to the formerly incarcerated with the goal of keeping them from returning to jail.