U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, this week announced $375,000 from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for
Aphasia Support Group: The Charleston Area Aphasia Support Group will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, at First Settlement Physical Therapy, 313 MacCorkle Ave., S.W., South Charleston. Rummage/Hot Dog Sales: Humpheys Memorial United Methodist Church in Sissonville will have a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, June 3, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4.
New Quick Response Team hits ground in Putnam County By
March 9, 2021 - 12:43 pm
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. One of the newest quick response teams or QRTs to get up and running in West Virginia is operating now in Putnam County.
This coming Thursday will be the third for team members working in the field to respond to reported drug overdoses.
Tina Ramirez
“The clients are usually overwhelmed (with) just the thought of someone caring enough to follow up with them,” said Tina Ramirez, director of the Great Rivers System for Addiction Care within Marshall Health.
Great Rivers brings together more than 70 organizations in Putnam County, Cabell County, Jackson County and Kanawha County to support people affected by substance use disorder.
HUNTINGTON — Marshall Health, in partnership with a dozen local emergency response and nonprofit organizations, is leading community efforts to launch a mobile outreach team, or quick response team (QRT),