/tags/first-step-home First Step Home en-US Copyright Mon, 24 Feb 2020 05:04:00 GMT /health/2020-02-24/kids-stay-with-mom-during-addiction-treatment-at-unique-walnut-hills-center In 2017, Ohio had the second highest rate of drug overdose deaths involving opioids in the U.S. with more that 4,293 reported deaths that year, according… Mon, 24 Feb 2020 05:04:00 GMT /health/2020-02-24/kids-stay-with-mom-during-addiction-treatment-at-unique-walnut-hills-center Michael Monks /family/2018-04-30/how-one-local-organization-treats-mothers-struggling-with-addiction First Step Home is on the front lines of the opiate epidemic and is successfully helping women return to the community drug-free, as contributing members… Mon, 30 Apr 2018 08:00:00 GMT /family/2018-04-30/how-one-local-organization-treats-mothers-struggling-with-addiction Dan Hurley /education/2017-11-07/how-local-colleges-are-helping-fight-heroin This Friday, November 10, Northern Kentucky University will host the inaugural conference of the Ohio River Valley Addiction Research Consortium (ORVARC).… Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:00:05 GMT /education/2017-11-07/how-local-colleges-are-helping-fight-heroin /health/2016-05-09/first-step-home-provides-residential-addiction-treatment-for-moms-their-children Drug addiction has become epidemic, across the country and here in the Tri-state. And opioid abuse among pregnant women has risen dramatically during the… Mon, 09 May 2016 10:30:05 GMT /health/2016-05-09/first-step-home-provides-residential-addiction-treatment-for-moms-their-children /health/2016-05-09/the-realities-of-treating-pregnant-women-struggling-with-addiction Drug or alcohol use by a woman during pregnancy can harm the unborn baby and pose serious health risks for the newborn. Although many pregnant women fear… Mon, 09 May 2016 10:30:00 GMT /health/2016-05-09/the-realities-of-treating-pregnant-women-struggling-with-addiction