Morgan County Partnership: ‘Project Resilience: Addressing ACEs in Appalachia’

The Morgan County Partnership – a nonprofit in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia – works directly with students and educators in communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the opioid and overdose crisis. Their school-based programs offer a range of tiered supports, including screening, one-on-one counseling, and therapy groups related to grief and loss, anxiety, and trauma. “A lot of parents say even after a couple of sessions, ‘Wow, I see such a difference,’” says Lacee Kidwell, LPC, who works with children in the schools that are part of Morgan County Partnership’s community network.