RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. (July 11, 2024)—The Lake Cumberland Area Development District (LCADD) has been awarded $277,552 in grant funding by the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission (KYOAAC). This funding will support individuals affected by the drug epidemic in Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, Taylor, and Wayne counties.
LCADD will use this grant to provide case management, training opportunities, work experience, and wrap-around services to individuals recovering and re-entering the workforce. Leveraging its workforce development expertise, LCADD will partner with Kentucky’s Re-Entry and Employment Services branch, Putting Kentuckians First, vocational schools, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. These collaborations will ensure recovering individuals in the district receive impactful training opportunities, leading to gainful employment, work experience, and necessary supportive services.
“We’re excited for the opportunity to expand our workforce development to reach individuals in recovery,” said LCADD Executive Director Waylon Wright. “There is a substantial need for training and work opportunities for these folks reentering the workforce, and I believe the demand should be met by longstanding agencies, like the ADD, with public oversight and governance.”
LCADD is one of 51 organizations across the Commonwealth to receive grant funding from the KYOAAC to bolster prevention, treatment, and enforcement efforts, according to the Kentucky Office of Attorney General. The Commission awarded the grants after reviewing 160 applications seeking over $85 million.
The Commission is comprised of nine voting and two non-voting members and includes stakeholders from, among others, the prevention and treatment community, law enforcement, and victims of the opioid crisis.
The Commission’s purpose is to distribute the Commonwealth’s portion of over $842 million from settlements the Attorney General reached in 2022 with opioid companies for their role in exacerbating the deadly opioid crisis.
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The Lake Cumberland Area Development District (LCADD) is one of 15 Area Development Districts in Kentucky, represented at the state level by the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts (KCADD). For more information, please contact LCADD Executive Director Waylon Wright at waylon@lcadd.org or KCADD Public Information Officer Molly Haines at mhaines@kcadd.org.
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