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Council hears update on EMOTE outreach and opioid settlement notices
Summary
City staff reported continued state grant funding for the emergency mobile opioid team (EMOTE), provided program statistics since launch, and City Attorney David Hall said the city will be asked to join a court-approved Purdue Pharma settlement; the city also expects roughly $316,000 from prior opioid settlements.
City staff told the Everett City Council on Aug. 13 that the city will continue the Emergency Mobile Opioid Team (EMOTE) program using a second state grant and detailed the program’s work since it launched a little over a year ago.
According to staff, EMOTE is a partnership between the city and Concord Clinics that brings treatment and peer counseling directly to people experiencing substance use disorder on the street. Staff reported that since the team launched last July it has had 601 meaningful contacts, completed 45 substance use disorder assessments, made…
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