Scottie Andrew
Scottie is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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The board, made up of city and county commissioners and a member of the Gainesville Housing Authority, met Monday to strategize ways to phase residents out of Dignity Village and transition Gainesville’s homeless into temporary and permanent supportive housing.
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In 2015, rural Dixie County, Florida ranked among the highest in the state for opioid-related deaths. Now, less than one year after Gov. Rick Scott declared opioid addiction a statewide emergency in May, opioid deaths in the county have declined—but prevention efforts in children and teens persist.