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Committee approves budget adjustment to redistribute opioid settlement funds to contracted providers

5807075 · August 21, 2025
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Summary

The Tompkins County Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved a budget adjustment (ID 13481) to align opioid settlement spending with returned RFPs, extending multi-year contracts including funding to Catholic Charities, committee heard.

The Tompkins County Health and Human Services Committee on Aug. 20 unanimously approved a budget adjustment (ID 13481) to align opioid settlement funds with the results of a returned request-for-proposals and enable contract payments for the rest of the year.

Why it matters: The adjustment is not new county general-fund spending, the department said; it is an accounting change to allow county payment of contracts funded by opioid settlement dollars…

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