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- $3.5 Million In Grants Allocated Across State To Treat Heroin And Prescription Drug Addiction And Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
As part of the heroin legislation passed this year, community mental health centers and residential treatment facilities across the state will receive more than $3.5 million in grants to help treat prescription drug and heroin abuse, and address neonatal...
- Conway Funnels $1.5 Million In Drug-company Settlements To Develop Prevention And Treatment Plan For Kids' Substance Abuse
With two lawsuit settlements from drug makers, Attorney General Jack Conway is giving the University of Kentucky $1.5 million over two years to develop a comprehensive plan for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse by adolescents. ?Adolescent...
- More Than $32 Million From Settlements With Drug Makers Will Finance Expanded Substance-abuse Treatment In Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky will receive more than $32 million as a result of lawsuit settlements with two pharmaceutical companies, and top state officials have allocated the money to expand access to substance-abuse...
- Essential-benefits Rule Expands Mental-health And Substance-abuse Coverage; Ky. Needs More Facilities To Treat Newly Eligible
The Department of Health and Human Services has defined the 10 "essential health benefits" insurance plans must provide, and it included benefits for mental health and treatment of substance-abuse disorders.. Nearly 20 percent of Americans don't...
- Veteran Journalist Sees Hope In Residential Drug Recovery Program
"Kentucky's struggle to help its citizens who suffer from dependency on drugs and alcohol recently reached an impressive goal when leaders of that struggle who are prominent in different political parties celebrated the official opening of a $5 million...
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State gives six residential substance-abuse centers federal money for operating costs
First Lady Jane Beshear Tuesday presented $1.5 million in funding for six Recovery Kentucky substance-abuse centers, further securing the program started in Republican Ernie Fletcher's administration, and attending a ceremonial opening of the center in Paducah, which was completed in December.
The six residential centers each getting $250,000 in federal community development block grants from the state for continued operational costs are in Erlanger, Evarts, Florence, Henderson, Hopkinsville and Richmond. Besides those cities and Paducah, centers are also in Morehead, Owensboro and Campbellsville. Four more are to be built in the next four years.
Recovery Kentucky is an initiative to help Kentuckians recover from substance abuse, which often leads to chronic homelessness. Construction of the facilities, five for men and five for women, was financed in part through the state-controlled Kentucky Housing Corp.
About 4,000 Kentuckians have received treatment in the centers since the first one opened four years ago, but Beshear noted that more than 44,000 Kentuckians over 26 are dependent on drugs and alcohol. ?Recovery Kentucky centers are vital for the state to be able to assist individuals suffering from this disease,? she said.
The six residential centers each getting $250,000 in federal community development block grants from the state for continued operational costs are in Erlanger, Evarts, Florence, Henderson, Hopkinsville and Richmond. Besides those cities and Paducah, centers are also in Morehead, Owensboro and Campbellsville. Four more are to be built in the next four years.
Recovery Kentucky is an initiative to help Kentuckians recover from substance abuse, which often leads to chronic homelessness. Construction of the facilities, five for men and five for women, was financed in part through the state-controlled Kentucky Housing Corp.
About 4,000 Kentuckians have received treatment in the centers since the first one opened four years ago, but Beshear noted that more than 44,000 Kentuckians over 26 are dependent on drugs and alcohol. ?Recovery Kentucky centers are vital for the state to be able to assist individuals suffering from this disease,? she said.
- $3.5 Million In Grants Allocated Across State To Treat Heroin And Prescription Drug Addiction And Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
As part of the heroin legislation passed this year, community mental health centers and residential treatment facilities across the state will receive more than $3.5 million in grants to help treat prescription drug and heroin abuse, and address neonatal...
- Conway Funnels $1.5 Million In Drug-company Settlements To Develop Prevention And Treatment Plan For Kids' Substance Abuse
With two lawsuit settlements from drug makers, Attorney General Jack Conway is giving the University of Kentucky $1.5 million over two years to develop a comprehensive plan for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse by adolescents. ?Adolescent...
- More Than $32 Million From Settlements With Drug Makers Will Finance Expanded Substance-abuse Treatment In Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky will receive more than $32 million as a result of lawsuit settlements with two pharmaceutical companies, and top state officials have allocated the money to expand access to substance-abuse...
- Essential-benefits Rule Expands Mental-health And Substance-abuse Coverage; Ky. Needs More Facilities To Treat Newly Eligible
The Department of Health and Human Services has defined the 10 "essential health benefits" insurance plans must provide, and it included benefits for mental health and treatment of substance-abuse disorders.. Nearly 20 percent of Americans don't...
- Veteran Journalist Sees Hope In Residential Drug Recovery Program
"Kentucky's struggle to help its citizens who suffer from dependency on drugs and alcohol recently reached an impressive goal when leaders of that struggle who are prominent in different political parties celebrated the official opening of a $5 million...