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Symposiums honor work of UNITE Coalitions
Community coalitions are the backbone of Operation UNITE. To show appreciation for the hard work of volunteers from across southern and eastern Kentucky for promoting prevention and treatment initiatives, UNITE held two regional "Bringing Community Partners Together"...
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...
Hale: Prevention best way to disrupt addiction
Annual drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell for the first time since 2018. Renee Shaw, Director Of Public Affairs at KET - Kentucky Educational Television - spoke with a panel of addiction recovery advocates, survivors, and treatment providers about this finding and...
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...
12th Rx Summit focuses on solutions
More than one million lives have been lost since the start of the opioid epidemic. Overdoses and deaths involving synthetic opioids have reached record rates, and every community across our nation is feeling the impact. The Rx and Illicit Drug Summit is the largest,...
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...