Bartholomew County officials will be traveling to Decatur, Ill. this week to check out some promising developments in the fight against the heroin epidemic.

Jeff Jones, head of ASAP Bartholomew County, the local anti-opiate epidemic task force, says the group has been investigating several other communities and their approaches to the problem.

Among those visits have been Tara Treatment Center in Franklin and the Monroe County Jail.

Among those scheduled to go on the Illinois trip this week are County Commissioner President Carl Lienhoop and Judge Kelly Benjamin, county officials said.

Jones said that ASAP will be offering proposals to stem the local epidemic next month. That’s after its initial information gathering phase wraps up.

Jones said that they have also been working with other communities through phone calls.

Jones said that ASAP will be offering proposals to stem the local epidemic next month. That’s after its initial information gathering phase wraps up.