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Board backs continuation funding and new call for proposals from opioid settlement dollars
Summary
Stearns County approved continuation funding for six opioid-response projects, accepted presentations from funded groups and authorized a new call for proposals for 2025, directing staff to vet applicants and return with funding recommendations.
Stearns County commissioners voted to continue funding six projects supported by opioid settlement money and to open a new call for proposals for additional local programs, the board decided Oct. 5.
Melissa Huberty, the county’s human services administrator, told the board the county’s opioid community advisory committee (OCAC) and an internal policy committee guide spending from the national opioid abatement settlement. OCAC uses three required categories — prevention, harm reduction and recovery — as selection criteria, Huberty said.
Janet Golagowski, public-health director and OCAC strategist, summarized…
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