$60K Grant to Help OH Heroin Response Team
By Rick McCrabb
Source Dayton Daily News, Ohio
Middletown’s Quick Response Team, established to address the heroin and opioid crises on the front lines, has received a $60,000, two-year grant.
The city’s Quick Response Team includes a Middletown police officer, paramedic/firefighter and social worker who work together to get treatment for those who overdose.
“This is huge for us,” Middletown City Manager Doug Adkins said of the grant that will pay for salaries and overtime of those assigned to the team.
Atrium Medical Center’s Foundation secured the grant from InterAct for Change and will administer the funds.
More than 500 people who overdosed have been referred to treatment since June 2016, according to Adkins.
“It’s been very successful part of the deal we’ve been working on,” Adkins said. “Everyone has pitched in.”
After someone overdoses, the Quick Response Team meets with them to see if they’re “ready for treatment,” Adkins said.
“We are there to give them opportunities to get out of this lifestyle,” he said.
The grant was announced today during a Heroin Summit meeting, which have been held quarterly at Atrium Medical Center since 2015.
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