Kentuckians living with addiction can call Kentucky’s help line at 833-859-4357. Narcan, which can help reverse overdoses, is available at pharmacies for sale and through some health departments and outreach programs for free. Local governments in receipt of opioid settlement dollars are sitting on most of the money, according to a Tuesday analysis from The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. The […]
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$100K in opioid settlement funds awarded to Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky
Florence City Council awarded the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky, known as CHNK, $100,000 to address mental health issues and substance use disorders. CHNK Executive Director Rick Wurth accepted a symbolic oversized check from the council at its Aug. 26 regular business meeting. “There are two fundamental poisons in our groundwater as Kentuckians and these poisons […]
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Newport Police Department considers adding social worker
Newport City Commission has approved the first reading of an ordinance to add a police social worker to the department, funded by the opioid settlement funds, to help limit the number of calls police officers have to respond to situations outside their training.
