“Families are often excluded from how these funds are going to be used,” said one family member. “We’re not included in conversations.”
Addiction
After years in the child welfare and justice systems, Ebony Price is working on keeping her life on the right track and being present for her family.
The federal government is gutting programs shown to reduce overdose deaths and address the mental health crisis. Reporters in Mississippi are highlighting just how much is at stake.
El primer programa residencial del condado para mujeres latinas se centrará en una atención culturalmente competente.
Prop 36 aims to force drug offenders into treatment. That’s yet to happen in these Bay Area counties
Prosecutors fault a shortage of treatment options for stifling new law.
The county’s first dedicated residential program for Latinas will focus on culturally competent care.
Watch highlights from Spotlight PA’s April 10 forum on the opioid crisis in Reading, Pa.
From 2011–2021, 300,000+ kids lost a parent to overdoses. Despite billions in opioid settlements, grandparents caring for them receive little support.
Most people who have suffered a tragedy don’t want to talk to a reporter about it. Here's how one reporter navigated that challenge for a series on orphanhood and child bereavement.
Small communities have the same addiction problems as big ones but they often have far fewer resources, with people spread out over large areas.