MILFORD – LITE (Living In Transition Effectively Inc.) was recently awarded the IN Cares ECHO Grant by the Indiana Department of Health.
Many organizations applied for this funding from throughout the state. LITE has been chosen as one of only 12 grantees in the state of Indiana for this grant.
Indiana Communities Advancing Recovery Efforts (IN CAREs) ECHO utilizes an innovative framework that uses videoconferencing technology to increase the knowledge, skills and performance of community stakeholders, particularly those located in rural and underserved areas, according to a news release from LITE.
LITE is partnering with Kosciusko Coroner Tyler Huffer and KCODE LCC Coordinator Heidi Blake on this project. The grant will allow LITE to hire a peer navigator, who will be located in LITE’s new office space in Warsaw, as well as, implementing a Suicide/Opioid Fatality Review Team (SOFR) and overdose prevention strategies, such as Narcan Training, SMART Recovery and continued youth substance use prevention.
LITE received several letters of support which were submitted with the recent grant application. Letters were received from the Kosciusko Health Department, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office, Lutheran EMS, Lutheran Hospital, Kosciusko Cares – DFC, Tippecanoe Township Fire Territory and Parkview Hospital.
The Suicide/Overdose Fatality Review (SOFR) Team will be comprised of stakeholders in the community who will meet on a regular basis to effectively identify system gaps and innovative communityspecific overdose prevention and intervention strategies.