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A message from Congressman Hal Rogers
There is power in your voice ... The same power, the same drive that prompted you to be a part of the solution – to beat back the opioid epidemic, to save lives, and bring illegal drug dealers to justice – it’s that same victorious spirit that will carry...
UNITE staff donates safety gloves
Operation UNITE staff, in an effort to assist front-line workers with Kentucky’s COVID-19 response, has donated 1,000 protective gloves to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.Ten boxes of Nitrile gloves were accepted by Lieutenant John Yates and Trooper Scottie Pennington at...
On-line recovery resources available
A list of free online meeting options, as well as platforms where individuals can interact virtually with others in recovery, has been released by James Carroll, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Carroll made the announcement...
ARC resources document COVID-19 impact
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has announced two new tools documenting the spread of COVID-19 at the regional and county levels.The first tool, the COVID-19 Cases in Appalachia map, displays the current number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Appalachia,...
Rx Summit will be held virtually
April 14-16, 2020Our Mission Continues For 9 years, the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit has been bringing communities together to foster connections, solutions, and hope. This is why we must meet and engage virtually. Now more than ever, our mission must continue.In...
COVID-19 resources for UNITE region available
UNITE hopes you and your family are staying healthy and safe during these unprecedented times. Our region is no different than other regions of the state. We are dealing with the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – precautionary restrictions to travel,...
Rx Summit 2020 postponed
In the wake of the latest CDC guidance and after deliberations with our meeting partners regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, we have determined that it is not possible to hold the 2020 Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit on its originally scheduled dates of April 13-16, in...
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...