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Grant applications open to nonprofits that work with substance-use disorder and mental health in underserved communities

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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky photo  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The second round of Foundation for a H…

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Addiction Recovery Care says it’s cooperating with FBI investigation into possible fraud

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Addiction Recovery Care, Kentucky’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment, has offices and other facilities  i…

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Lawmakers join Ky's largest addiction treatment provider to oppose Medicaid payment cuts; centers trying to negotiate cuts

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By Deborah Yetter and Tom Loftus Kentucky Lantern The state’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment is warning…

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Drug to reverse opioid overdoses is more available than it used to be; health official says stigma still exist around carrying it

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By Shepherd Snyder,  WEKU The annual Kentucky Drug Overdose Fatality Report says overdose deaths in 2023 dropped by 9.8…

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Local governments mulling ways to use opioid settlement funds

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KFF Health News graphic By Zacharie Lamb WKMS More than a year after local governments across Kentucky began receiving …

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Program for mothers and pregnant women with substance-use disorder gets grant to help more Black women get its services

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Freedom House (Photo provided to Kentucky Lantern) By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern The Volunteers of America chapter t…