Operation UNITE Receives Award of $15,000

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An award of $15,000 was given to Operation UNITE, from UnitedHealthcare.

This award will be used for Kentuckians transitioning from residential substance-use treatment programs to sober living and transitional housing.

Jamie Gilliam, the Supervisor for Kentucky Health Statewide Call Center says, “ It’s important because when someone completes a residential treatment program, they’ve kind of been in this bubble while they’ve been there and for them to leave straight from there and go right back home often leads to things that they’re just not quite ready for, so this funding will help to actually bridge that gap between residential treatment and them actually going back home, to help prepare them more for that.”

Gilliam works with those in recovery and says they are much more likely to relapse when they go back to their normal habitat, rather than transitional housing.