As the city of Louisville prepares for winter and freezing temperatures it must act to ensure those living on the streets are safe. The city must use this crisis moment to create long-term stability by connecting people to permanent housing and healthcare. Our Winter Safety and Housing Connection Pilot Plan was developed by people who
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Kentucky will receive more than $1 billion in opioid abatement funds. Local governments must spend at least 85% of these funds to address substance use disorder, support recovery, and reduce the future harms associated with the overdose crisis. Kentuckians have the right to now when, where, and how money is being spent!
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CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ky.org VOCAL-KY RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO EXPAND THE TICKETING AND ARRESTING OF PEOPLE UNABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING LOUISVILLE, K.Y. — Yesterday, the Trump administration issued the “Ending Vagrancy and Restoring Order” executive order that could deny funding to cities unless they ticket and arrest homeless people, and open the
CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ky.org VOCAL-KY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS TO OPIOID SETTLEMENT REPORTING PROCESSES VOCAL-KY Has Called for Opioid Settlement Funding to Go Toward Harm Reduction and that People Impacted by the War on Drugs Have a Seat at the Decision-Making Table VOCAL-KY Join a National Coalition Releasing a Report on How Opioid Settlement Dollars
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CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ky.org VOCAL-KY CONDEMNS MAYOR GREENBERG’S ENFORCEMENT OF MASK BAN IN LOUISVILLE Enforcement of Mask Ban Serves as Another Excuse to Ticket and Arrest People, Particularly Black and Brown Lousivillians, Without Addressing Root Causes of Violence LOUISVILLE, K.Y. — In response to last week’s renewed push by Mayor Greenberg to criminalize wearing masks, VOCAL-KY released the
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CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ky.org VOCAL-KY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT INTO HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT FINDING UNNECESSARY INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND INCARCERATION DOJ Calls for the Same Housing, Care, and Investments that Community Organizations Demanded for Years, Like in VOCAL-KY’s Roadmap for Louisville Metro Government LOUISVILLE, K.Y. — Last week, the Department
CONTACT: Mariah McGough, Mariah@vocal-ky.org VOCAL-KY RELEASES UPDATED ROADMAP TO END OVERDOSE IN LOUISVILLE AHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY Updated Louisville Roadmap Available Here VOCAL-KY, alongside VOCAL-US, Joined a National Coalition in Releasing a Recommendations for Spending Opioid Settlement Funds LOUISVILLE, K.Y. — Today, VOCAL-KY released an updated Roadmap for Louisville Metro Government to End Overdose and Reverse the Harms of the
For a third year a coalition of organizations working on the frontlines of the overdose crisis in Louisville released a detailed policy agenda promoting proven housing, services and care approaches to safe lives and improve our city. In honor of International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31), we call on Mayor Greenberg and the Louisville Metro
CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ny.org, 203 470 9979 VOCAL-KY Responds to Supreme Court Decision to Criminalize Homelessness & Poverty The Answer to Ending Homelessness is Housing — Not Fines, Tickets and Incarceration LOUISVILLE, K.Y. — Today, the Supreme Court decided that the US Constitution does not protect the poor and homeless against cruel and unusual punishment, even
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VOCAL describes its 120-county strategy as one that reaches “from the hood to the holler,” and it relies on coalition-building, organizing, and public education to build a healthier, more just society. VOCAL’s members mobilized for and attended every one of the Opioid Abatement Community Town Halls, which were designed to gather input on how the
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