The Vermilion County Board has approved funding to start a local Recovery Oriented System of Care (ROSC) to combat drug overdose deaths. The program involves people in recovery and the community getting people on the road to recovery, and maintaining that recovery through programs and services, according to Vermilion County Mental Health 708 Board Executive Director Jim Russell. A coordinator will pull together information on local services and try to coordinate and communicate with all those providers to provide more services for people in need.
Russell requested $75,000 from the county and $25,000 from the city of Danville to start the program. He said a grant will be sought later to continue the program. The City of Danville’s funding portion will be brought to the city council’s Public Services Committee at the end of this month for consideration.
