NIH funds $900k grant for OUD study in Darke County
Staff report
As a Wave 1 participant, the Coalition for a Healthy Darke County, the county’s local health and wellness collaborative, is working with the National Institutes of Health’s HEALing Communities Study to identify key service areas where grant monies can make a difference in the lives of those with OUD, and ultimately, to decrease the number of opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent. For more information, see www.CoalitionDarkeCounty.com
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GREENVILLE Darke County families who struggle with opioid use disorder (OUD) will soon start to see the benefits of over $900,000 in grant funding rolling out within the community.
The towns of Bourne and Sandwich have entered into a national program aimed at curbing the opioid crisis. The federal program called the HEALing Communities Study has a goal of
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he Madison County Health Department s harm reduction program operates a van to provide training and doses of Narcan in area communities such as Richmond.
The Madison County health department in Kentucky has kept its harm reduction program open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to continue its work against the other epidemic afflicting the region: the addiction crisis. Through the program, people can exchange needles, receive referrals for addiction treatment services, and get training to use the overdose-reversal drug Narcan.
Laura Nagle, a risk reduction specialist at the department, said they use a van to provide training and doses of Narcan in area communities such as Richmond.