{"id":201115,"date":"2026-01-01T21:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=201115"},"modified":"2026-01-01T21:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:46:34","slug":"worth-center-receives-state-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/01\/01\/worth-center-receives-state-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"WORTH Center receives state grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIMA &#8212; A $200,000 grant from the state\u2019s Opioid Remediation Grant Program will benefit an area Community Based Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WORTH Center in Lima can use the grant to hire a full-time addiction-services coordinator or contract with a company that provides such services to treat opioid and other addictions, helping inmates through detox and recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WORTH Center serves Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Mercer, Paulding, Putnam, Shelby and Van Wert counties. It\u2019s a residential prison diversion program for non-violent offenders, many of whom struggle with addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grant program is awarding county jails and CBCFs up to $200,000 per year. In all, Yost\u2019s office is offering $60 million in opioid settlement money over the next several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese grants do more than prevent overdoses \u2013 they give inmates a fighting chance to break the cycle of substance abuse and incarceration,\u201d Yost said. \u201cCredit to Ohio\u2019s sheriffs and local leaders for their hard work and innovation in putting this money to good use across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overdose is a leading cause of death among jail inmates in Ohio, accounting for at least 70 deaths since 2020, according to a USA Today report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff LIMA &#8212; A $200,000 grant from the state\u2019s Opioid Remediation Grant Program will benefit an area Community Based Correctional Facility. The WORTH Center in Lima can use the grant to hire a full-time addiction-services coordinator or contract with a company that provides such services to treat opioid and other addictions, helping inmates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 23:12:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201116,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201115\/revisions\/201116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}