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Support group aims to help Centre County ‘grandfamilies’ affected by the opioid epidemic

By Sarah Paez

Amy Mitchell lost her 29-year-old daughter to an opioid addiction in March. But she felt she lost her long before that, when she dropped her daughter off at the York County prison and took her new grandson home from the hospital.

Since that day, Mitchell, of Howard, has been the sole caretaker of her grandson, who turned four last month. She gained legal custody of him in July. (Click here to read more)

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