The public health department in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts – home to one of the state’s resort casinos – is going to start collecting data on problem gambling.
A pilot program, funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, will utilize community health workers to collect information that can be used to find ways to prevent compulsive gambling.
WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Springfield Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris.
