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Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland has announced a new initiative, aimed at helping and better serving minority and rural communities. The organization’s new Diversity Initiative includes several phases to combat the problems they say are present in the 42 counties they serve.
Director of Communications and Marketing Jaime Thomas says more mobile food pantries and freezer pods will help bring more food to underserved communities. Thomas says the most important phase, however, is creating sustainable change in communities.
Veterans in more rural communities were able to receive their vaccines closer to home thanks to a pilot program through the V-A. Robley Rex V-A Medical Center launched a pilot program at their Grayson County Clinic last Friday, with the goal of making vaccines more accessible for veterans in rural communities.
Clinic Manager Ron Crump says the VA hopes to expand the rural vaccine program to other community-based clinics across the Robley Rex service area.
A local task force is one of 13 agencies to receive grants aimed at assisting law enforcement efforts. Last week, the state announced over $183,000 for the Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force in an effort to fund several leadership positions. According to the release, the funding will allow for the group to work over 1,000 narcotic cases a year. The task force is responsible for the overseeing 5 counties: Hardin, Hart, Nelson Grayson, and LaRue. The total of the 13 grants amounted to over $1.4 million.