By Steve Rogers
WTVQ
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary Mary Noble announced Tuesday a total of $572,478 in grant funding has been awarded from the federal Comprehensive Opioid and Stimulant Substance Abuse Program to the Jeffersontown Police Department and Kentucky Access to Justice Commission.
Funds are received from the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
Jeffersontown Police Department has been awarded $246,283 in COSSAP funding to establish a Community Resources Unit through the hiring of a Community Resources Coordinator and a Community Resources Supervisor to support persons suffering from mental health and addiction crises, and to address social service-related needs in the City of Jeffersontown.
FULL STORY: Grant funding to set up, expand substance abuse response units