Kentucky Addiction Treatment Programs Get $1M Federal Grant

New federal funds will expand addiction treatment in eastern Kentucky. Recovery Rowan County is a nonprofit in Morehead that serves 150 folks a year through recovery, food assistance, transportation and mental health resources. They’ll receive $350,000 per year for three years. It’s a total investment of more than $1 million.

Patient Sabrina Oswald had led “not a life I was proud of” but Recovery made the difference. Now she’s employed as a home and wants to regain custody of her kids. When she heard about the funding, she observed, “The possibilities will be endless” for many more people.

Mental Health Connects to Addictions

Co-occurring disorders complicate treatment because drugs and mental health conditions interact. Addressing one while ignoring the other stalls recovery. That’s why integrated programs work better, particularly during high-risk transitions like reentry from jail.

Recovery Rowan County treats recovery as more than stopping drugs. The nonprofit joins a state initiative to tackle dual diagnoses by providing for basic needs to prevent relapse.

Breaking Down the Funding

The grant brings $350,000 a year for three years. Recovery plans to extend its work into neighboring Bath and Morgan counties with training so those communities can decide whether to launch their own recovery community centers or develop satellite locations.

The funding also restarts a jail-to-community reentry program that ended when previous money ran dry. It’ll reconnect folks with nonviolent offenses to recovery coaching and prepare for employment and daily life after release.

Board chair Gene Detherage pointed to the human element of that work. 

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Nikki Wisher, BA

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Nikki Wisher is an Atlanta-based content writer who specializes in health and wellness. After earning her BA in English, she has been writing in the health and wellness space for over a decade, with credits ranging from addiction recovery to fitness to aesthetics and skin care. This includes her inclusive running blog forallrunners.com.

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Peter W.Y. Lee is a writer and historian of American history during the Cold War. His primary focus is the relationship between youth and popular culture and its impact on U.S. society during the twentieth century. He has published widely on how the public has used popular culture as a mechanism to address political and social shifts throughout time