
An eastern Kentucky town is transforming their downtown with a focus on addiction recovery. Manchester, in Clay County, is at the center of this transition. Last year, nearly a million dollars in funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission allowed the group Volunteers for America-Mid States to expand their drug treatment program.
Stephanie Hoskins is the senior director of Rural Addiction Recovery Services with V-O-A. In an interview with Eastern Standard, she said their number one goal was to get people into recovery.