Province announces $2.3 million in funding to help fight local opioid addiction
Posted Nov 9, 2017 04:11:53 PM.
Last Updated Nov 9, 2017 04:27:19 PM.
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Our provincial government has announced funding to help prevent local opioid addiction and overdoses.
MPPs Kathryn McGarry and Daiene Vernile were both on hand to announce more than $2.3 million in funding for the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network.
That money is part of a $222 million commitment towards Ontario’s Strategy to Prevent Opioid Addiction and Overdose.
Through the funding announced Thursday, $1.3 million will specifically go towards Waterloo Region, and $971,000 will go towards Guelph.
You can see a full breakdown of where that funding will be distributed locally below.
- Grand River Hospital – Total Funding: $59,900
- eHealth Centre of Excellence – Total Funding: $75,000
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Total Funding: $390,000
- House of Friendship – Total Funding: $809,800
- Homewood – Total Funding: $85,000
- Guelph Community Health Centre – Total Funding: $175,000
- Stonehenge Therapeutic Community – Total Funding: $711,000
