Today, at 9:30 a.m., Arkansas Children’s and the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office will host a topping out ceremony to mark progress and the placement of the final beam for the National Center for Opioid Research & Clinical Effectiveness (NCOR).
NCOR will be a first-of-its-kind center dedicated to understanding the effects of the opioid crisis and other substance misuse on the fetus, newborns, developing children and adolescents, as well as pregnant and parenting individuals.
The 65,000-square-foot facility, part of Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI), will offer research and community outreach, aiming to empower affected families and improve health outcomes.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin awarded the $75 million center $55 million of opioid and vaping settlement funds, allowing for ambitious and groundbreaking research, and the dedicated NCOR building on the Arkansas Children’s Golisano Campus in Little Rock. Arkansas Children’s is investing the remaining $20 million to make the center possible.
The ceremony will be held at 13 Children’s Way, between the NCOR construction site and Arkansas Children’s Research Institute on the Arkansas Children’s Golisano Campus.