Mason County Recovery Garden Success Story 2024 Growing SeasonTitle: Comprehend Recovery Center: Growing Plants and Expanding HorizonsByline: Macy Fawns, Mason County Horticulture Agent Kentucky faces significant challenges with substance use disorders, and recovery centers are a critical first line of support. Comprehend Recovery Center is one of 500 such facilities in the state. Comprehend offers intensive outpatient programming (IOP) for adults in Mason County. Over the course of the yea
In 2021, 17,466 Kentuckians age 12 and older were admitted to drug and alcohol substance use centers, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). According to the 2023 Extension Community Assessment, Pulaski County residents identified support of substance use addiction prevention/recovery as a priority.Pulaski County Nutrition Education Program Assistant, Margie Hernandez and Extension Horticulture Agent, Beth Wilson, collaborated with Sky Hope Recovery
