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(KNSI) – A local nonprofit that provides recovery services for people with substance use disorders has earned a big grant from the state of Minnesota, and it intends to focus those funds on veterans.
The state has awarded the Recovery Community Network with a $143,000 grant that will be used to fund a full-time position centered on helping veterans and their family members who are living with a substance use disorder. The person hired into that role will also help RCN partner with other agencies like the VA and the Central Minnesota Mental Health Center.
“The majority of our troops return home from a deployment with very few adjustment problems,” said RCN’s director Maj. John Donovan, Ret., who is also an Army veteran. “However, some do return with adjustment issues and often those issues will manifest themselves in problems like divorce, depression, substance abuse and suicide. This funding from the state will allow us to better and more fully serve those who have served
Recovery Community Network Receives $143,000 Grant
GRANT FUNDING FOR RCN
The Recovery Community Network, the brain child of Major John Donovan of the U.S. Army (Retired) has received a significant grant in the sum of $143,000 from the State of Minnesota, which will be used, at least in part, to fund a full time position to work with the Veteran community, as well as working with community agencies including Veterans Administration, The St. Cloud Police Department, The Central Minnesota Justice System, as well as Central Minnesota Mental Health Center, and Veterans Services Officers.
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Major John Donovan appears monthly on It Matters with Kelly Cordes the second Monday of each month at 10:40 am on WJON for the Recovery Community Network Radio Broadcast, to help inform the community of the important services that are provided through RCN, and are not limited to only Veterans. The organization is there to help anyone who needs assistance in their r
St. Cloud Co-Responder Team Pairs Officer with Social Worker
ST. CLOUD St. Cloud s Co-Responder team has been working together for a little over a year now. The program pairs a mental health professional with a uniformed police officer to respond to 911 calls for help.
While the official program launched in March of 2020 it has been a few years in the making.
Kenzie Janson-Wolle is a social worker and full-time employee of the Central Minnesota Mental Health Center. She says it is her job to assess the mental health aspect of the crisis they are responding to.
Doing suicide assessments, safety assessments, and resource connection. Anything that an individual might need at that moment. That s my role. I don t have any background in policing, I m not a police officer, I m a mental health professional.
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