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\nKentucky just received millions of dollars to help fight the opioid epidemic as part of a multibillion-dollar nationwide opioid settlement.<\/p>\n
\nKentucky just received millions of dollars to help fight the opioid epidemic as part of a multibillion-dollar nationwide opioid settlement.<\/p>\n
The state is getting $8 million, which will be spent soon. But over the next 18 years, the commonwealth will get $842 million as part of the settlement, according to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. <\/p>\n
The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission is overseeing the distribution of half of the settlement money. The chairman and executive director of the commission, Bryan Hubbard, said the other half will go directly to city and county governments for distribution.<\/p>\n
For now, Kentucky has awarded a portion of the $8 million settlement money to 25 organizations across the state. Some of them are Louisville-based, such as the Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition, Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and Seven Counties Services. Volunteers of America Mid-States will also get a portion of the money.<\/p>\n
Organizations receiving settlement funding include:<\/p>\n
Shepherd’s House of Lexington
\nAppalachian Restoration Project, based in Barbourville
\nChrysalis House of Lexington
\nIsaiah House
\nLake Cumberland District Health Department
\nMountain Comprehensive Care Center
\nMountain Comprehensive Health Corporation
\nSeven Counties Services
\nYoung People in Recovery of Louisville
\nFamily Scholar House Louisville
\nLake Cumberland Community Action Agency
\nAppalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky
\nRevive Ministries of Nicholasville
\nVolunteers of America Mid-States of Louisville
\nScott County Sheriff’s Office of Georgetown
\nTaylor County School District in Campbellsville
\nPrevent Child Abuse Kentucky
\nCumberland Trace Legal Services\/Kentucky Legal Aid
\nLegal Aid of the Bluegrass, Lexington
\nLegal Aid Society of Louisville
\nYoung Men’s Christian Association of Greater Louisville
\nKentucky Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs (12 corporations across Kentucky)
\nKentucky Harm Reduction Coalition of Louisville
\nUnlawful Narcotics Investigations, Treatment & Education (Operation UNITE) of London<\/p>\n