Manatee County gets $500,000 reward from state program for reducing opioid deaths

Manatee was recently recognized as the top-performing county in Florida at reducing opioid-caused deaths.

The county is part of the state's Coordinated Opioid Recovery Network, or CORE, which connects people in need of resources to treatment, psychiatric care, housing services and more.

The Florida Department of Children and Families is awarding a total of $2 million to the top 10 performing counties, and Manatee is receiving $500,000 of that.

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