HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Communities That Care announced Friday that it received a CARA grant. The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce the abuse of opioids or methamphetamine and the abuse of prescription drugs.

Communities That Care will partner with the Hutchinson Clinic — in conjunction with its new opioid policy — and the South Hutchinson Police Department to implement evidence-based strategies to prevent the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs in Reno County over the next three years.