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Recovery group Heart, Hope and Freedom asks Hart County for opioid-abatement funds; commissioners seek legal and budget review
Summary
A new recovery community organization described peer support, meals and housing-assistance services and requested consideration for opioid-settlement funds; commissioners asked the county attorney to review eligibility and asked the group to return with additional documentation.
Heart, Hope and Freedom, a new recovery community organization (RCO) based in Hartwell, presented to the Hart County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday seeking support and access to opioid-abatement funds.
"I'm Leia Tolbert with Heart, Hope, and Freedom. It's a new RCO, which is a recovery community organization and thrift store in Hartwell, Georgia. I am the co-founder and director," Tolbert told the board. She described weekly recovery meetings, peer support, food and hygiene distribution, assistance obtaining IDs and resumes, and plans to install a shower at a new facility on Ridge Road.…
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