Tag: recovery
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Addiction Recovery Care cuts more staff, facilities in response to payment cuts
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern The state’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment is making further cuts in staff and facilities as it faces steep cuts in Medicaid payments...
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Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission talks about 2025 grant priorities; AG Coleman appoints new member
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Members of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission spent more than an hour drilling down on what their priorities are for the next round of...
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3 Ky. groups get Rural Communities Opioid Response Program grants, awarded nearly $2 million in 2024
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of 19 states to receive grant funding from the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program to be used to improve access to...
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‘Instead of incarcerating disease, start treating disease:’ Kentuckians in recovery talk solutions
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentuckians in recovery say the state needs to better educate youth about addiction, digitize expungement for certain crimes and make harm reduction and community-based services...
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Five Kentucky projects receive grants to help Appalachians in recovery
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has received $1.9 million in grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission, which will be given to five projects that will create or expand...
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Sick of all the bad facts about Kentucky’s health? Here’s encouraging news about oral health and drug treatment
Despite the plethora of bad news about Kentucky’s poor health status, there are many positive initiatives for Kentucky’s oral health and substance abuse treatment, which were stories buried under health...
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Big papers’ Page 1 stories spotlight recovery center for pill addicts, lack of state program for problem gamblers
Gripping stories from recovering addicts, on the front pages of Kentucky’s two largest newspapers this morning, highlight Kentuckians’ fights against all types of addiction, from gambling to drugs. Hope of recovery...