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Commissioners defer decision on opioid-fund requests for two recovery houses, schedule work session
Summary
Montgomery County commissioners heard requests from Hannah's House Ministries and Home Sweet Home for opioid-settlement funds to cover a replacement van and utility support but postponed funding decisions and scheduled a work session for Sept. 8 to review finances and overlap with other programs.
Montgomery County commissioners on an evening meeting heard appeals from two faith-based recovery programs, Hannah's House Ministries and Home Sweet Home, for money from the county’s opioid-settlement account and agreed to postpone a final decision until a work session on Sept. 8. The two programs asked the commission to use opioid-settlement funds for operating needs: Hannah's House requested a $27,000 replacement van (plus one year of insurance) and roughly $31,500 to cover utilities for its housing network; Home Sweet Home requested operating support reported in the meeting as roughly $16,785–$18,016 (figures in the transcript were…
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