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Douglas County sets process to allocate opioid-settlement and special alcohol funds
Summary
County staff outlined rules and a two-cycle application process for the Municipalities Fight Addiction Fund (MFAF) and the special alcohol fund and commissioners authorized a procedure to evaluate and award those one‑time funds.
Douglas County commissioners on Oct. 15 directed county staff to implement a process for evaluating and awarding grants from the Municipalities Fight Addiction Fund (MFAF) — money from national opioid settlements — and the county's special alcohol fund.
Jake Broadbent, assistant to the county administrator, told commissioners that MFAF money must be used to prevent, reduce or treat substance abuse or reimburse past related costs and that it is somewhat more flexible than the special alcohol fund. "This is funded by National Opioid Settlements, and the funding must be used to prevent, reduce, or treat substance abuse or reimburse past related costs, by the county,"…
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