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A new statewide program in Kentucky is providing addiction advocacy groups and recovery centers with flexible funding to focus on resource equity and expansion of services. Gary Biggers, program operations manager for the nonprofit Voices for Hope, said the nearly $50,000 grant will be used to provide staff with training centered on listening, empathy, and nonjudgmental communication when working with diverse populations. The group will also work with communities of color to provide education on overdose, substance use trends, and community resources for recovery. ...

A mother's daughter is distraught after she did not go to her graduation. But her mother had a reason for not going.

The opioid crisis continues to plaque communities across Ohio, and according to the state Department of Job and Family Services, more than 3,000 Ohio children were removed from their homes because of parental substance use in 2022. A silver lining is a program called START, which provides wraparound services to families and is seeing high success rates. Fawn Gadel, director of the Ohio START program for the Public Children Services Association of Ohio, said when a family interacts with Children's Services due to parental substance use, Ohio START steps in to pair the family with a caseworker...

After Suzanna Quintana wrote an article about her father's abuse, he confronted her about it. Instead of taking his anger, she accused her father of hating her — which he didn't deny.

Community advisory committees across rural Colorado are working to better understand the mental-health needs for community members including farmers, ranchers and veterans, and to connect them with the help they need. Jace Honey, agriculture advisory council founding member and president of La Junta Livestock Commission, formed by Southeast Health Group, said individual mental health challenges are also community challenges. "Everybody in rural America pretty much knows who everybody is," Honey said. " ...