Local citizens hoping to find help with substance abuse can use a website to connect them to local treatment options.
Terry Bunn, PhD, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health in the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, says that findhelpnowky.org is Kentucky’s newest innovative tool in the fight against addiction. Those who visit the site can confidentially locate facilities and service providers who are accepting new patients based on individual determinants like geographic location, accepted form of payment, and specific type of treatment required.
It acts much like a search engine, providing information on the current availability of addiction treatment facility openings in real time, effectively enabling more frequent and more rapid admissions to treatment programs. The website, which tracks current openings for 530 facilities across the state, has been visited more than 70,000 times in the last year.
FindHelpNowKY.org is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is produced by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), the bona fide agent of the Kentucky Department for Public Health.
FindHelpNowKY.org also has a number of other supporting partners, including the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, the Cabinet of Health and Family Services, the offices of Governor Matt Bevin, the KY HELP Line, and the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.
