Dr. Alison Greene, an assistant professor at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, has been selected to receive a three-year, $1 million HRSA (Health Resources & Services Administration) grant for SUD/OUD (substance use disorder/opioid use disorder) prevention, treatment, and recovery activities in rural Fayette County, Indiana.
The funding will allow Greene and her team to continue their work with Fayette County and implement a community-driven comprehensive plan the team developed over the past year with previous HRSA funding.
The Fayette County Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Implementation is intended to strengthen existing resources, initiate new services, and increase cooperation between the consortium and key community stakeholders such as law enforcement, employers, and the local high school.
The goal of the plan is to bring substantial relief to individuals with SUD/OUD in Fayette County through improved access to education, availability of additional vocational services, increased provision of medication-assisted treatment, improved prevention and recovery efforts, reduction of barriers to SUD/OUD treatment, and the application of compassion and common sense to the difficulties experienced by those with substance use or opioid use disorders.