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Clark Co. organization spreads awareness of addiction recovery services as CDC reports spike in overdose deaths Katherine Collins and last updated 2021-04-28 22:26:39-04 WINCHESTER, Ky. (LEX 18) â The staff at Achieving Recovery Together in Winchester have seen the devastation of the last year firsthand. Kentucky saw a 49.2% increase in reported overdose deaths from 2019 to 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2019, 1,300 overdose deaths were reported in the commonwealth, while 1,939 were reported in 2020. At A.R.T., peer support specialists work to pair people with treatment services, offer support groups, respond to hospitals when an overdose patient is brought in, and much more. In 2020, peer support specialists responded to 249 overdose referrals, according to Juanita Everman, Executive Director of A.R.T. They ve responded to 97 overdose referrals in the first four months of 2021, she said. ....
Credit The Shepherd’s House The Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE) has announced the award of four grants to support the establishment or expansion of four Recovery Community Centers. The grants total $1.5 million to be awarded over two years. New grant recipients include Recovery Café in Lexington, Achieving Recovery Together (ART) in Winchester, and Shepherd’s House in Nicholasville. Voices of Hope (VOH) Recovery Community Center in Lexington, which had previously received KORE funding in support of its services, will receive a new round of funding to launch mobile recovery support services to more communities within the Lexington, Frankfort, and Louisville areas. ....