Kenton County Detention Center Partners With Aetna, Betty Ford Foundation For Treatment, Re-Entry Program

Kenton County Detention Center (Kenton) is partnering with Aetna Better Health of Kentucky and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation to bring the START STRONG COR-12 Treatment and Re-entry Program to inmates. The program will bring both medication assisted treatment and comprehensive therapy to inmates at Kenton.

While Betty Ford Foundation publications are utilized in jails throughout the country, this will mark the first time they are on-site to provide clinical staff training, oversight, and resources. The partnership anticipates that the START STRONG program will help to reduce recidivism, improve health and quality of life, and strengthen the . . .