Three area counties are among 34 in the state which will receive opioid overdose antidote kits from the Indiana State Department of Health.
The agency announced Wednesday it’s awarding $127,000 in funding to provide nearly 3,400 naloxone kits and training to the first responders.
It says the funding comes from a $3.2 million federal grant to the Health Department in October. It selected rural counties with higher emergency room visits for overdoses, a greater number of opioid prescriptions and a lower reported use of naloxone by first responders.
First responders in Pike, Dubois and Greene County and over 30 other counties are getting the kits.