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Meet Angel, a girl of 17 years old, lives in Bellevue. It looks like a normal teenage culture of fun. She loves movies with friends and go on a bicycle. But most do not know, the long road to recovery, she has travelled in the past year and a half.

Angel was 15 when same as the Campbell County Drug Court of Justice. At that time, she became increasingly distressed and drugs, she said.

It was when she was with drug abuse outpatient program NorthKey Community Care, said Mary Pat Behler, director of NorthKey and a defender for a Northern Kentucky-based hospitalizations among young people.

Angel, at the age of 11 was to drugs, was awarded to the nearest stationary young drug Recovery Centre at their home in Bellevue. It was in Louisville, almost two and a half hours away from their friends and family.

“They need the support of friends and family members of the family [the distance] has made it much more difficult,” she said. “I wanted to, they would have been more accurate.”

The cost of the road in both directions on Ten Broeck, in downtown Louisville, was also a major concern for the family.

“Being at Ten Broeck has a hardness of their families by conducting distance and the cost of gas,” said Behler that the fight Angel’s family was there.

Angel was lucky. They are with him and support to see they had. Many young people caught in the prevention of drug abuse are not as fortunate, do not support and never get the help they need.

That’s why Behler pushing so hard for a center of Northern Kentucky. She migration in the capital in order to become familiar with the State representatives and senators and call for the center. She said before the central and Frankfurt Revenue Committee gave a favourable opinion on appropriations for stationary.

It is also known for the image of financial disaster Frankfort.

“Centers around the community mental health of the state were invited to a decline of 12.5 percent,” said Behler. “Our funding is already flat for 12 years, not even the money to meet the costs of living.”

But thanks in large part to Senator Jack Westwood, “she says, a little money for the treatment of places is cneter is in the Senate version of the budget. Each year, for two years, $ 150000 in the basement of the acquisition and planning.

The Assembly and the Senate have led to compromises on revenue extensions, “said Behler, money to stay in

“It’s not just about the amount we needed, but if this amount remains in the budget, it is likely that the annual appropriations shall be established within two years.”

According to the Northern Kentucky Residential Treatment Facility Task Force (a joint effort of the Agency to NKY Substance Abuse Policy Board, the Council NKY Regional Planning and Youth Collaborative NKY Substance Abuse Treatment) December business plan, the next residential services The community of Kentucky’s Mental Health centres are two hours away by car from Florence. Another possibility is more than two hours away, and one third of them were almost three hours and a half-hour drive.

“Such an institution exists in our region. As a result of our youth must leave Lexington, Louisville, or continue treatment,” said Behler, private hospitals treat acknowledged, but at a cost, outside of the scope of the hand to families whose insurance - not extend to those who do not care or health insurance and are not eligible for Medicaid.