Recent News
Nearly $25M available to substance use prevention coalitions in new partnership between ONDCP and CDC
WASHINGTON, DC (February 18, 2020) - White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program’s Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), which begins this...
Record number of UNITE Clubs registered for 2019-20 school year
A record number of UNITE Clubs have been established for the 2019-20 school year.There are165 UNITE Clubs in 26 counties with a total of 9,462 registered student members serving southern and eastern Kentucky. Student registration is the fourth largest since inception...
KIPRC helps expand Kentucky’s successful substance abuse treatment locator to other states
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Through the recently awarded $23 million Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the creators of FindHelpNowKy.org are showing 14 other states how to develop and implement the successful online...
Community Action Guide released for rural communities
A new tool to assist rural community leaders in building an effective local response to the crisis of addiction.The Rural Community Action Guide includes background information, recommended action steps, and promising practices for a range of issues related to drug...
New adjutant general meets with UNITE
Pictured from left, UNITE Deputy Director Tom Vicini, UNITE President/CEO Nancy Hale, Kentucky National Guard Adjutant General Haldane "Hal" Lamberton, and Colonel Gary Lewis, commander of the Guard's 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade. Kentucky National Guard's new...
USC members receive training on ‘Too Good For Drugs’ curriculum
Operation UNITE Service Corps (KY AmeriCorps) members met December 13, 2019, for a "Too Good for Drugs" (TGFD) Curriculum Training at the Floyd County Extension Office. USC Co-Program Director Kelli Thompson welcomed all members and introduced the...
Welcome to our new website
In order to provide visitors easier access to information about our various programs and initiatives, Operation UNITE launched a redesigned website in December 2019. In addition, the site is now fully compatible with today’s mobile technologies.Links to the nearly 3...
Panel discusses status of drug fight in KY
Operation UNITE President & CEO Nancy Hale participated in a roundtable discussion about the status of battling the drug epidemic in Kentucky on November 25, 2019, at the National Guard facilities in London. Members of the panel included: Kentucky U.S. Senator...
Award honors ‘innovative solutions’
LOUISVILLE – Operation UNITE’s unique three-pronged approach to combating drug misuse and abuse was honored by the national Addiction Policy Forum as one of 10 innovative programs addressing Kentucky’s addiction crisis. The “Kentucky Innovations to Address Addiction”...