LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A $1.7 million grant will go to 12 Kentucky agencies to fight drug trafficking.
Gov. Andy Beshear announced the funding, which is part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, on Thursday.
Agencies receiving funding include Kentucky State Police, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky and more.
The money will be used to buy critical resources, provide drug prevention programming, offer counseling to crime victims and ensure officers receive specialized training.
“Every day we are creating a new Kentucky home, a home where our children are safer from falling prey to addiction, lives are being saved from overdose deaths and the state’s recidivism rate has been reduced,” Beshear said in a news release. “Together, we have moved our state forward and the commonwealth is becoming a national leader in public safety, and this funding furthers this momentum.”
According to the governor, Kentucky saw a decline in overdose deaths for the second year in a row in 2023.
This past July, Kentucky State Police seized more than $9.6 million in drugs, the largest amount seized in one month in recent history.
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