U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday that Kentucky will receive a total of $5,715,141 to continue addressing mental and substance-use disorders.
According to a news release, the federal funding, distributed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, was signed into law as part of the targeted COVID-19 rescue package, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, McConnell negotiated and led to enactment in December.
Elizabethtown-based Communicare will receive $2,855,492 for its mental and behavioral health services in the Lincoln Trail region, including Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson and Washington counties, the release said.
âCommunicare intends to establish a Community Behavioral Health Center and expand services in our Elizabethtown location,â Dan Simpson, Communicare CEO, said in the release. âThis will include direct services for mental health and substance abu
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Kentucky will be receiving additional funding to support the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
The funding was announced Monday by U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. The $46.9 million came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and gave the state broad flexibility in its use to establish the public health infrastructure necessary for administering them.
Senator McConnell previously that Kentucky received over $40 million for vaccine distribution from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Newly chosen Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Liz Walters said the race was always going to be competitive but Portman s news makes it more so. Get that popcorn ready to watch the R primary fireworks, she wrote on Twitter.
In a prepared statement from the Ohio Democratic Party, Walters ripped Portman s tenure in the Senate. If Portman wants to complain about the death of civility and the triumph of partisan gridlock, he should take a long, hard look in the mirror and think about what he wants to be his legacy, she said. “The truth is, Portman is looking at the same data we are – the Ohio Senate seat was going to be a hard road for him, after he backed failed policies like the Trump tax scam and the Affordable Care Act repeal. In 2022 Ohioans want to send someone to the U.S. Senate who fights for them, not for special interests.
WILLIAMSBURG â Former Williamsburg Mayor Bill Nighbert passed away on Thursday.
Nighbert served as Williamsburg mayor for 10 years during which time he also served as president of the Kentucky League of Cities. In 2004, Nighbert resigned from his position as mayor to take the position of Deputy Commissioner for the Governorâs Office for Local Development.
Nighbert was appointed to that position by former Governor Ernie Fletcher and was named Secretary of the Transportation Cabinet the following year.
Nighbert showed his love of the youth in his community as he was the president of the Optimist Club, coached little league football, baseball, and basketball, chaired the booster club and volunteered for countless other community activities.