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$1.5 million announced to support recovery programs, boost workforce in EKY
ASHLAND, Ky. (Sept. 11, 2023) – During the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) annual conference September 11, states’ co-chair Gov. Andy Beshear and federal co-chair Gayle Manchin announced awards totaling more than $1.5 million to support recovery programs to help...
American Heart Association distributes more than 100 sports balls to UNITE
LEXINGTON, KY - The American Heart Association, a global force for healthier lives for all, recently donated more than 100 sports balls to Operation UNITE (Unlawful Narcotics Investigations, Treatment and Education), which will distribute them to children throughout...
KY posts first decline in overdose deaths in four years
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 15, 2023) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear released the 2022 Overdose Fatality Report stating that 2,135 Kentuckians lost their lives to a drug overdose last year. That is a decline of more than 5% compared with the previous year and is the first...
AmeriCorps grant will enable expansion of the UNITE Service Corps next school year
Operation UNITE will expand its UNITE Service Corps initiative to 62 AmeriCorps members during the 2023-24 school year thanks to a nearly $1 million grant announced Thursday, May 18.“Team Kentucky is building a better Kentucky with the support of AmeriCorps and 20...
UNITE receives $1 million prevention grant
FRANKFORT – Operation UNITE will receive a $1 million Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission (OAAC) grant to develop and implement prevention programs to combat the opioid crisis in Kentucky, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Thursday.“For...
24 students awarded ‘I Am UNITE’ scholarships
Twenty-four high school seniors in the Class of 2023 have been selected to receive “I Am UNITE” scholarships totaling $36,000 for being champions for anti-drug prevention efforts in their schools and communities. “These scholarships honor youth – whom we call UNITE...
Gov. Beshear signs legislation to support Kentuckians fighting addiction
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 24, 2023) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear joined lawmakers, recovery and addiction prevention experts and an addiction survivor to sign two pieces of legislation that support ongoing efforts to help Kentuckians fighting addiction.In addition to the...
Gov. Beshear Takes Step To Stop Sale of ‘Gas Station Heroin’
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 23, 2023) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear signed an emergency regulation classifying all products containing tianeptine, an unregulated drug known as “gas station heroin” that produces opioid-like effects, as a Schedule I controlled...
Harlan County hosts educational summit on drug problem
HARLAN - Prevention specialists, law enforcement officials, treatment and recovery advocates from across southern and eastern Kentucky gathered at the Harlan Center on January 12, 2023, to discuss the ever-changing landscape of addiction and substance use disorder.The...