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Operation UNITE celebration in Rockcastle County highlights treatment vouchers, recovery resources
Summary
Operation UNITE hosted a community celebration in Rockcastle County that showcased local recovery resources, reported its treatment voucher totals since 2005, and featured a keynote urging community-based support for people with substance-use disorders. The coalition approved its agenda and its board slate for fiscal 2025–26 by voice vote.
Operation UNITE held a community celebration in Rockcastle County that brought local treatment providers, school UNITE clubs and a keynote address focused on recovery and resilience.
Nancy Hill, introduced as a former CEO of Operation UNITE and a Rockcastle County resident, summarized the coalition's treatment voucher program: “Since July 2005 through 12/31/2024, Unite has enabled 5,562 individuals to enter long term treatment for a substance abuse disorder. Over 58 percent of the individuals who have received the Unite voucher completed their treatment,” she said, and directed people to operationunite.org for voucher applications and recovery-housing information.
The event included tables from Volunteers of America, Save the Children, Girl Scouts and Lake Cumberland Recovery, presentations by UNITE school clubs and a reading of the pledge by Rockcastle County High School JROTC color guard member Carabella Mink. Carrie Underwood, identified as a representative of Cumberland River Behavioral Health Center, described…
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