Recent News
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...
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...