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Live Healthy Montgomery County details education, farm-to-school and Narcan distribution
Summary
Coalition Live Healthy Montgomery County updated the commission on grant-funded programs including a farm-to-school project, youth vaping prevention, and countywide Narcan distribution funded in part by opioid settlement dollars.
Live Healthy Montgomery County representatives updated the Coffeyville City Commission on Sept. 23 about recent program work funded through grants and opioid-settlement dollars.
Marcy Roberts, executive director, described the coalition as a countywide, grant-funded health and wellness organization and summarized several initiatives: a farm-to-school program centered on a leafy-greens hydroponic container farm located on school grounds, a raised-bed accessible garden for a food pantry partner, and a downtown placemaking effort coordinated with Amber Dean, the city's director of community development. Roberts said the farm-to-school grant will fund classroom connections and STEM activities and that a steering committee is forming to guide implementation.
Lindsay Caldwell, Live Healthy's opioid prevention specialist, reported the group received opioid-settlement funds from the city of Coffeyville and has focused on public education and naloxone (Narcan) access. Caldwell said her first priority was distributing Narcan and establishing safe-disposal options. She reported approximately 180 Narcan boxes distributed since February (two doses per box) and hundreds of Deterra disposal pouches placed in public access locations across Montgomery County; she said the outreach reached about 85 people at recent town halls and 40'45 at two earlier events.
Caldwell described plans to continue town halls, public Narcan training and to monitor and restock Narcan and disposal boxes in libraries and other locations. She encouraged community members to join upcoming events and a task force on prevention and family supports.
Commissioners asked about staff size (Roberts said the coalition has three staff plus a board) and thanked presenters; no formal action or funding requests were taken by the commission during the meeting.
