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The ADVANCE, September 7, 2022/Page 3A
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REMEMBERING AND BRINGING AWARENESS — On National Overdose Awareness Day,
August 31, members of Forge Recovery Center distributed black balloons and flyers to
remember those who succumbed to the illness and bring awareness of the issue to the
community.
STUDENTS OF THE MONTH — J.D, Dickerson Primary School has announced August Stu
dents of the Month. (Lto R): Top row: Mae Morgan, Hannah Gilman, Payton Simmons,
Emoni Kirkland, Jaslynn Cerrillo, Annalise Vazquez, Mia Martinez, Jaycee Lowther; Third
row: Dilan Patel, Chloe Kennedy, Emerson Braddy, Rosa Abarca, ZyMarlei Hooks, Adan
Ramirez, Lyla Pough; Second row: Aden Jackson, Elissa Barrios-Mendez, Mia Mivens,
Kaden Mobley, Ashton Mincey, Millie Ree Thomas, Mallory Sharpe, Amelia Aaron;
Front row: Claire Allred, Emma Downie, and Amiya Taylor. Not Pictured: Tucker Hutto.
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coming—
Oasis Church of
God, 1163 Hwy. 1
South, Lyons, will cel
ebrate Homecoming
on September 18 at
10:30 a.m. There will
be a musical guest
group and a meal will
be served in social
hall after the service.
Everyone is invited
to attend.
Homecoming
and Revival-
south Thompson
Baptist Church, 225 S.
Thompson Road, Vi
dalia, will have Home
coming on Sunday,
September 25, at
10:00 a.m. New Day,
from Telfair County,
will be singing during
the morning service
and Brother Brian
Fowler of Wheeler
County, will bring the
message. A covered
dish dinner will be
served in the Com
munity Building. There
will be no evening
service.
Revival will be
held Monday-Thurs-
day, September 26-
29, at 7:00 p.m., led
by Brother Brian
Fowler.
Everyone is invited
to attend.
Lyons Citizen
of the Year—
The Lyons Citizen
of the Year event will
occur Thursday, Sep
tember 22, at 6:30
p.m. at the Calloway
Community Center at
Partin Park. Ticket
sales will end Mon
day, September 12.
Tickets are $25 each
and must be pur
chased in advance
at the Lyons City Hall
or through a Lyons Li
ons Club member.
Home
coming—
Marvin Methodist
Church, intersection
of GA Highway 147
and Marvin Church/
Laura Dixon Road,
will celebrate Home
coming on Sunday,
September 18, at
11:00 a.m., with a
covered dish lun
cheon immediately
following services.
Everyone is in
vited to attend.
Grant
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was awarded a $500,000
grant to combat psycho
stimulant use disorder in
Toombs.
“We are riding that
sweet momentum we have
created,” said Paige Wil
liamson, one of the pro
gram’s service providers,
and a member of the con
sortium of community vol
unteers who help propel
the TCPTR project. Wil
liamson welcomed guests
and the media to the grant
announcement session on
August 23.
Leigh-Anne White,
program manager for the
project, explained that the
grant was awarded by the
Health Resources & Servic
es Administration (HRSA).
“It is a new grant to the
same consortium for a con
tinuation of the TCPTRS’s
objectives. HRSA is one of
the only grant sources that
will allow a small, for-profit
company to apply,” she said.
The grant process is highly
competitive, and White
said she knew of no other
companies in Georgia that
had been awarded a grant
from this source this year.
The Behavioral Health
care Support Initiative
Grant will fund four proj
ects to be implemented
across the next four years,
starting September 1. The
grant will fund the employ
ment of an additional nine
persons to carry out TCP-
TRS’s mission.
The first project is a
medication-assisted treat
ment program that will em
ploy a nurse and medical
director to roll out medical
treatment to include medi
cation for individuals with
substance use disorder,
White said.
The second project will
supply social workers to
coordinate efforts to case
manage individuals with se
vere, persistent behavioral
needs and to manage be
havioral health crises within
the community. The social
workers will be employed
directly through the line in
the Vidalia Police Depart
ment. This project will be
implemented “in hopes of
a divergent from being ar
rested to offering assistance
from the criminal justice
system,” White noted.
The third project is an
intensive outpatient pro
gram to assist individuals in
transitioning from criminal
justice systems back into
the community. This proj
ect, which will focus on fa
cilitating skills so that indi
viduals can live successfully
within the community, will
link up with the criminal
justice system to offer tran
sitional care and diversion.
The fourth project will
establish a Recovery Com
munity Organization. This
group will be financially
supported through the
grant and will offer and im
plement recovery services
from care to resources.
“We can’t do any of
this without community
support. It will take all of
us being involved together.
The reason we got this grant
is because we have such a
strong community consor
tium,” White emphasized.
This consortium is
made up of representatives
from healthcare, mental
health, law enforcement,
emergency medical re
sponse, social services,
churches, families and in
dividuals. “All can be solved
and resolved when we work
together. We are humbled
and honored to be award
ed this new opportunity,”
White said. She invited
members of the community
to contact her office regard
ing ideas on how the grant
can be used, as well as to
inquire about employment
for the new positions cre
ated by the grant.
Call 537-3131
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