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Franklin County hearing highlights NET recovery devices and a countywide recovery plan through opioid‑abatement funds
Summary
Residents and recovery advocates urged Franklin County leaders to fund NET recovery devices and expand a four‑pillar recovery ecosystem. Consultants and local officials described a strategy tied to opioid‑abatement funds that planners expect to guide work through 2039, and commissioners pressed for near‑term spending to help people now.
Residents and recovery advocates urged Franklin County Fiscal Court on Wednesday to expand local recovery services and consider funding NET recovery devices to help parents in treatment.
Rachel Moore, executive director and founder of William Joseph Crisis Nursery, told the court her nonprofit will offer short‑term safe care for children while parents seek treatment and said NET devices could "be a game changer for the families we serve." She emphasized that NET is not a replacement for medication‑assisted treatment, saying, "I'm in no way saying that I disagree with MAT treatment. I believe it can be very beneficial and can save lives." (Rachel Moore, public comment.)
Justin Penn, who said he grew up in Frankfort and has been in recovery, described personal observations from treatment programs and the NET device’s apparent effects. "I would say about 95% of them had their withdrawals cut in half," he said of…
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