Dozens of organizations are receiving money to help fight Kentucky's opioid epidemic.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron recently announced nearly $14 million in new funding.

He announced that today.

The money comes from settlements reached with companies who played a role in the opioid crisis and is allocated by the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Committee.

For the first time since 2018.

Kentucky saw a decline in overdose deaths last year.

Still, more than 2100 Kentuckians died, and most of the deaths were from opioids.

General Cameron says it's important to get the money into the hands of these organizations.

Making sure that we get the money back to our communities because you all are best equipped to fight this epidemic and know what is needed in your particular regions or communities.

And so this is what it's about, making sure we're in a position to allocate this money through the great work of our commissioners on $1 million.

Now, we'll have more on this story, including a breakdown of where the money is going.

That's tomorrow night right here on Kentucky Edition.