Woodford County is the third in the commonwealth to be certified as a “Recovery Ready Community.” The program started two years ago after the General Assembly passed House Bill 7 and Governor Beshear signed it. It’s designed to measure a community’s substance use disorder recovery efforts. Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman came to the Woodford County Courthouse for Wednesday’s announcement.
“The reality is that this challenge is so big, and it hits so many families, that we need partners from every background working together, because no one entity can solve this challenge alone.”
Other speakers who are part of the recovery process included the assistant police chief of Versailles, a district judge, the mayors of Versailles and Midway and Woodford County’s judge-executive. Versailles Mayor Brian Traugott began the process of seeking certification as a “Recovery Ready Community.”
“We have taken the opportunity to do some self-reflection, and see where we fall short, see what we're doing right and see what we can do better. And to make this a better community for everybody here.”
Coleman said last year, Kentucky was one of just eight states with fewer drug overdoses than the year before – but even one is too many.
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