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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...
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...