A Coalition of Dayton-Area Catholics United to Address the Drug Crisis
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Google effort to tackle opioid epidemic
Verily, formerly known as Google Life Sciences, is part of a multi-organization partnership for a future mental behavioral health and drug addiction treatment offering for Dayton-area residents... more >
Modern Family
U.S. News and World Report
"PAUL BERTKE DIDN'T expect to be raising young children well into his 50s.” "Child Services basically said, 'You need to start the process to take custody, otherwise they're going to go to foster,' and there's no way we were going to let that happen," Bertke says. More >
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Alcohol, Drug Addiction
& Mental Health Services Montgomery County, Ohio
WYSO Recovery Stories
WYSO’s Recovery Stories series brings conversations from the heart of Dayton’s opioid crisis: stories of loss, stories of love, stories of hope and recovery. More >
Cultivating a Vibrant and Connected Community - It's Up to Us
How can we build community? Where do we begin? Kathy Coffey, Executive Director of Leadership Snohomish County WA. has found community in places as conventional as a church and as unorthodox as a bar.
Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone)
Project DAWN is a community-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program
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Naloxone (also known as Narcan) is a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug (heroin or prescription pain medications). When administered during an overdose, naloxone blocks the effects of opioids on the brain and quickly restores breathing.
PODCAST: Bringing the Church into the Fray
Pastor Greg Delaney, Faith Collaborator
Pastor Greg Delaney is the faith collaborator for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Heroin/Outreach Unit. As the faith collaborator, Pastor Delaney travels with Attorney General DeWine and speaks to church communities and other faith leaders on how they can better address the heroin epidemic.
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Click the microphone icon to listen to Paster Delaney's podcast and discover how recovery churches and other programs are working to train churches nationwide in substance abuse prevention.
40 Developmental Assets for Children
Search Institute® has identified the following building blocks of healthy development — known as Developmental Assets® — that help young people grow up healthy, caring, and responsible. more >
