Details of how the program would be adapted to Tippecanoe County or how it would be paid for are still unclear.

Nationally, the economic toll of the opioid crisis is in the hundreds of billions. For families of addicts, the losses can include their life savings, peace of mind and a sense of hope.

Open Beds, the state's Family and Social Services Administration and Indiana 2-1-1 have teamed on a new online platform.

This week the Indiana FSSA announced projects to expand opioid treatment in the state.

Indiana currently has 18 opioid treatment center options and this bill would increase that number to 27.

Brown County is known for farming, shopping, historical sites and its state park. However, rural parts of the state are also becoming known as the center of the opioid epidemic.

Residents living in rural Indiana are looking at different ways to fight the opioid epidemic. Around 400 Hoosiers joined Indiana's Lieutenant Governor for a rural opioid addiction symposium Friday in Lebanon.

The Clark County Health Department is waiting on final numbers but said tests so far show 60 drug-related deaths in 2017. That compares to 90 in 2016.

Legislation this session could eliminate nearly a third of all Indiana townships - potentially getting rid of more than 1,200 elected officials.