PORT discusses overdose outreach
By Jennifer Woods - jwoods@aimmediamidwest.com
Pathways Overdose Response Team members (left-to-right) Brian Carlson, Brooke Truman, Ashley Roberts, Joe Cantrell, Kyndle Clark, Jessica Pfeifer and Hannah Dingman. Not pictured: Tony Kegg , Mark Allen and Christopher Skelly.
Jennifer Woods | Record-Herald photo
The local Pathways Overdose Response Team (PORT), also called the Quick Response Team (QRT), has been keeping busy during the pandemic as the number of drug overdoses has risen. PORT is just one component of Fayette County Pathways to Recovery.
Fayette County Pathways to Recovery was started early 2019 through the Community Action Commission and consists of five certified Peer Recovery specialists who have a lived experience of addiction and have found long-term recovery. As previously reported, the program was based upon the philosophy that there are multiple pathways to recovery, people can and do recover, and that peer support and care