VOA heads to D.C. to discuss drug abuse
Published 10:02 am Friday, February 24, 2023
- Natalie Pasquenza (VP External Relations, VOA Mid-States), David Meade (Speaker Pro Tem, Kentucky State House of Representatives), Kim Moser (Chair of House Health Services Committee, Kentucky State House of Representatives), W. Bryan Hubbard (Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, Executive Director Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission), Dr. Rahul Gupta (Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy), David James (Deputy Mayor, Louisville), Jennifer Hancock (President and CEO, VOA Mid-States), Suzie Razmus (Mayor, Corbin), Van Ingram (Executive Director Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy), Stephanie Hoskins (Senior Director of Rural Addiction Recovery Services, VOA Mid-States), Matt Niehaus (Principal, McCarthy Strategic Solutions), Dalton Miller (Mayor, Stanford), Robert Stivers (President, Kentucky State Senate) Photo submitted
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NEWS RELEASE
Representatives from Volunteers of America were part of a delegation from Kentucky who recently went to Washington, D.C. to promote the organization and its works.
VOA met with U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers; Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Dr. Rahul Gupta; and other members of Kentucky’s congressional delegation to provide an update on how VOA is working with state and city leaders to ensure communities across the Commonwealth have systems in place to support individuals overcoming substance use disorder.
Volunteers of America Mid-States has recovery services in London and surrounding areas in Kentucky.
The meetings highlighted the importance of working together in a bipartisan manner to combat one of the greatest challenges facing Kentuckians. With the support of elected officials at every level of government, VOA will continue to work to create lasting, positive change in Kentucky.
