The Express, a WestCare Publication
By Gary Compton, Program Director On March 1, WestCare Kentucky, Vice President, Dr. Tiffany Slone presented at the Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Pikeville Rotary Club. The Pikeville Rotary Club’s mission is to serve the businesses of Southeastern Kentucky through a commitment of networking, advocacy, education, and collaboration as they partner together to enhance the […]
By Gary Compton, Program Director WestCare Kentucky’s Hal Rogers Appalachian Recovery Center in Ashcamp, KY provides reentry resources for our residents during and after their stay. During the final week of January, we hosted several community partners to provide linkage to services and education for residents who were returning to the community. On Jan. 30, […]
By Gary Compton, Director of Contract Compliance In September, WestCare Kentucky was awarded the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant, allowing us to provide a comprehensive suicide prevention program for Veterans located within Floyd, Letcher, and Pike counties. This three-year prevention program will incorporate the Veterans Association’s (VA) National Strategy for Preventing Veteran […]
By Gary Compton, Director of Contract Compliance On Nov. 8, a memorial service was held for WestCare Kentucky‘s beloved emotional support dog, Daisy. WestCare staff gathered to remember the Labrador retriever that touched countless lives. Rescued in 2018, Daisy quickly became a fixture at the Ashcamp and Lookout facilities, bestowing love on all she encountered. […]
By Gary Compton, Director of Contract Compliance On Nov. 2, WestCare Kentucky employees, Anna Wakeland, Reginald Kaigler, and Johnny Mullins attended a reentry simulation presented by the Kentucky Department of Corrections’ Division of Reentry Services. Participants met on the Pikeville Campus of the Big Sandy Community and Technical College for the event. The simulation mimicked […]
By Anna Bevins, Project Director Brittany Slone, Program Director for the WestCare Perry Cline Emergency Shelter, has made quite an impact on our small community with her sweet personality and tenacious compassion for the underserved population. She can be found, almost daily, spreading the word about how WestCare serves and Uplifts the Human Spirit. Her […]
By Jeremie Delauder, Data Coordinator Now that spring has sprung in the mountains of Kentucky, the Supportive Employment Program’s (SEP) job skills training group has begun to spring forth a beautiful creation of their own, a gazebo in the courtyard at the Hal Rogers Appalachian Recovery Center located in Ashcamp, Kentucky. Clayton Swindall, the interim […]
By Jeremie Delauder, Data Coordinator, WestCare Kentucky As is our tradition at WestCare Kentucky, we try to provide our residential clients with activities throughout the holiday season that remind them of better times and times that can be possible through recovery. Both our Judi Patton Center for Healthy Families and Hal Rogers’ Appalachian Recovery Center […]
By Jeremie Delauder, MAT Research Assistant For most, Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season. For the majority of WestCare Kentucky’s clients, the holiday season brings with it the sadness of being away from home and the desire to be with family, friends, and loved ones. This year, our facilities were truly blessed with […]
By Jeremie Delauder, MAT Research Assistant, WestCare Kentucky Thanks to a collaboration between Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and State Senator Phillip Wheeler that resulted in a $10,000 donation, WestCare Kentucky’s Perry Cline Emergency Shelter was able to start a diaper pantry for families and children who have been victims of or are at risk of domestic violence. […]