In 2023, eleven Opioid Settlement Mini-Grants were awarded to the following local organizations: Pam’s Promise Transitional Housing Corp., Through The Gate, Montgomery County Family Recovery Court, Integrative Wellness, Valley Oaks Health, Inc., Montgomery County Drug Court, Montgomery County Probation, Recovery Coalition, Inc., & Cummins Behavioral Health Systems, Inc. A total of $146,963 was distributed directly
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Need a Lyft ride? The Indiana Recovery Network, is partnering with InWell, IN211, DMHA, and Lyft to offer FREE rides for individuals in recovery! Rides can be for anything that apply to the four dimensions of recovery including health, home, community and purpose. Rides are available Monday – Sunday from 9am-8pm EST. Counties served: Warren,
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Want to hear real stories from real Hoosiers about their experience with opioid use disorder and when they knew they needed treatment? Watch this new video that explains why opioid use disorder is a disease. https://youtu.be/ysWBIUq_90Y via @YouTube
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Meijer recently announced that it is launching its new Consumer Drug Take-Back Program by installing secure in-store kiosks designed to help customers safely and properly dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs at no cost. Customers can find the easily identifiable kiosks in the pharmacy area in all 241 Meijer supercenters across the Midwest. To
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The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction has contracted with Oxford House to develop and open 42 recovery houses over the two-year State Opioid Response (SOR) grant cycle (21 in each funding year) from 2018-2020. These are in addition to any recovery houses certified by the Indiana National Alliance
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This year the National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) will be January 22-27, 2019. Every year the NDAFW brings teens and scientific experts together to discuss the scientific facts about drugs, as well as their potential health effects on teen bodies and brains. Events are held throughout the country, with registrants getting free science
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New fact sheets offer providers guidance on care for pregnant mothers with OUD. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released a series of Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby: Opioids in Pregnancy fact sheets. These four new fact sheets emphasize the importance of continuing a mother’s treatment throughout her pregnancy and can be distributed
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