A statement from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) says approximately $900,000 has been awarded to county health departments to address the opioid crisis in Kansas. The funding comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Opioid Overdose Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement which was awarded to KDHE earlier this fall.
The counties that will be receiving funding are: Barton, Crawford, Finney, Franklin, Geary, Harvey, Johnson, Labette, Mitchell, Neosho, Pottawatomie, Rawlins, Reno, Riley, Sedgwick and Stevens.
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