Pulaski County CES Program Indicators and Success Stories - Jul 1, 2022

Pulaski County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2023

1055 - Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy
1055.15)	55	Number of pounds of food provided to local non-profit organizations
1055.12)	60	Number of people who improved or maintained physical, emotional, or mental health from participating in gardening
1055.11)	100	Number of people who developed employment skills from participating in gardening
1055.1)	100	Number of participants in Extension horticulture programs at senior centers, detention centers, or rehabilitation centers

1055 - Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy

1055.15)

Number of pounds of food provided to local non-profit organizations

1055.12)

Number of people who improved or maintained physical, emotional, or mental health from participating in gardening

1055.11)

100

Number of people who developed employment skills from participating in gardening

1055.1)

100

Number of participants in Extension horticulture programs at senior centers, detention centers, or rehabilitation centers

Success Stories

Recovery Gardens at Sky Hope Rehabilitation Center

Author: Bethany Wilson

Major Program: Community Gardens and Horticulture Therapy

In Pulaski County's 2018 Community Assessment, substance abuse treatment ranked as important to very important to the 609 respondents.  In a survey (2016-2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health) of individuals over the age of 12, 8 to 9% of those respondents had used illicit drugs in the past month in the Pulaski County area.  In addition, Kentucky’s 2021 Overdose Fatality Report indicated Pulaski County’s death rate due to drug overdoses was 59.8 deaths per 100,000