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Expansion of Street Outreach Services Aimed at Reaching Vulnerable and Underserved Populations.

Initiative Funded Through New York State's Opioid Settlement Fund's Latest Round of Grants

Heather O’Donnell of the Chicago social services agency Thresholds says the money is “an opportunity to really build up substance use care.”

Funding will Support Up to 18 Comprehensive Integrated Outpatient Treatment Programs Designed to Increase Access to Medication to Address Opioid Use Disorder.

Kathy Hochul is the first female governor of New York. Before becoming governor, the Democrat was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2011 and became the Lieutenant Governor of New York in 2015.

Partnership for Ontario County among recipients of state funding Ontario County

Members of the Moore County Board of Commissioners will split off into seven task forces to tackle some of the biggest issues facing the area in the year ahead.

A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to distributing and possessing heroin and fentanyl in 2018. Devontay Montaze Green, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute a mixture containing heroin and fentanyl. Montaze also admitted responsibility for distributing a mixture of

Attitudes toward substance use disorder and words that reflect those attitudes can have a tremendous effect on the recovery process of those struggling with addiction. “Stigma is defined as a mark of disgrace and that (disgrace) is a pretty powerful word,” said Diana Padilla, a longtime behavioral health specialist who was in Genesee County on Wednesday to present a training

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