Death toll from overdoses rose 49% in 2020

Death toll from overdoses rose 49% in 2020

FRANKFORT, Ky. (August 3, 2021) – Today, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP) announced that the 2020 Overdose Fatality Report indicates more than 1,964 Kentuckians died from drug overdoses in 2020, a 49% increase in...
Witt selected for BRIGHT Kentucky class

Witt selected for BRIGHT Kentucky class

FRANKFORT, Ky. (7-19-21) – UNITE Treatment Referral Coordinator Jennifer Witt has been selected by Leadership Kentucky as a member of the BRIGHT Kentucky Class of 2021.Witt joins 40 other individuals, representing a variety of public and private sectors, from 27...
Mandy Bays

Mandy Bays

My name is Mandy Bays, and I’m an addict. I never in my wildest dreams would have imagined myself growing up to be an addict. I don’t think any of us ever had hopes and dreams of one day being an addict.God has a way of working things out, and that is just...
KY HELP featured on ‘Best of the Bluegrass’

KY HELP featured on ‘Best of the Bluegrass’

The KY HELP Statewide Call Center will be featured Wednesday, June 16, on “Best of the Bluegrass,” which airs at 12:30 pm (EDT) on WLEX TV-18 in Lexington.Courtney Maynard, a Screening & Referral Specialist, will discuss the purpose of the Call Center,...

Freedom returns to delight of children

Freedom, the Operation UNITE Eagle mascot, made his return from COVID-19 quarantine at “The Good Continues” celebration at Rawlings and Stinson Park in Manchester on May 27, 2021. In addition, UNITE showed off the upgraded mobile classroom, used primarily...