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Henry County receives opioid-abatement grants, expands behavioral health and sewer connection assistance
Summary
County administrator reported three opioid-abatement grants supporting a kinship navigator position, expansion of a crisis intervention center, and harm-reduction education; Public Service Authority grant will allow free connections to a sewer extension along U.S. 58 West.
County Administrator Wagner and county staff reported at the June 24 meeting that Henry County has secured several grant awards and program expansions aimed at addressing substance use disorder and improving infrastructure.
Wagner reported three Henry County awards from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority: funding for a kinship navigator position within the Department of Social Services (three years of funding), a competitive regional grant of about $1.5 million to expand a scribe intervention center operated by Piedmont Community Services,…
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