Thomas Gooch can’t wait to buy a company vehicle for his nonprofit when the next round of opioid abatement funds comes through this winter.

With My Father’s House, Gooch runs recovery houses for men transitioning out of incarceration. Two of the locations aren’t on bus routes, and new funding means he’ll be able to hire an employee to shuttle them to the bus stop, take them to treatment and even pick up new residents from jail or prison.

The Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council recently announced its second round of awards, which fit into the categories of education, harm reduction, prevention, treatment, recovery support and/or research. Locally, child abuse prevention nonprofit Nashville Children’s Alliance was awarded $1.72 million, and homeless service provider Community Care Fellowshi

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