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Dunn County wins nearly $100,000 in matching funds for jail harm-reduction, peer supports and overdose review staffing
Summary
Dunn County officials said they received just-under-$100,000 in matching funds from Vital Strategies to support a 24/7 harm-reduction vending machine in the jail lobby, peer-support expansion with Wisconsin Milkweed Alliance and staffing for an overdose fatality review team; the county executive must approve a pending budget amendment.
Dunn County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council criminal justice director Sarah Benedict said the county has received matching funds from Vital Strategies, a funder focused on local opioid response, to support several local opioid-settlement priorities.
Benedict said Vital Strategies is providing just under $100,000 in matching funds and that the county has a pending budget amendment with the county executive to provide required local matching dollars. The Vital Strategies funds, Benedict said, were targeted…
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