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A new partnership of families hurt by opioid use and opioid overdose has applied for opioid settlement funding to help families and children directly harmed by Ohio’s opioid epidemic. Family groups already working to help those harmed by opioids joined together to form a partnership to request settlement funds to support and expend their efforts. Health Impact Ohio is serving as a strategic consultant and fiscal administrator for the effort. The Ohio Partnership for Families Impacted by Opioids (Impacted
Families) is a new and novel partnership to ensure a legacy of hope and
security for the many Ohio families affected by the opioid crisis. The
partnership’s mission is to support a collaborative, family-centered approach
to strengthen and uplift Ohio communities hit hard by the opioid crisis. “The people who are a part of Impacted Families know that the wrongs
that have been inflicted on their families cannot be remedied, but these
dollars being distributed by the state as a consequence must provide support
and real impact to and for families who are left to navigate lives ruined by
the pharmaceutical industries havoc,” says Impacted Families co-chair and
OhioCAN founder and executive director, Cindy Koumoutzis.
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