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Board approves plan to spend opioid settlement funds on treatment beds, prevention and harm reduction
Summary
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 authorized staff to begin a competitive process to allocate $12.7 million in opioid-settlement funds (with $3.5 million expected next year) to expand treatment beds, recovery housing, youth prevention and harm-reduction services.
What the board approved: The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 11 directed staff to begin a competitive process (NOFA/RFA) to distribute $12.7 million in currently available opioid-settlement funds and to reserve an additional $3.5 million expected over the next fiscal year, for a discussion total of $16.2 million.
Key recommended uses:
- B-CHIP match: Staff recommended setting aside up to $3.8 million as a cash match if the county is awarded a $67.7 million Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP/B-CHIP) grant to develop a campus that would include a co-located 40-bed residential substance-use-disorder (SUD) facility and 64 short-term subacute beds for clients conserved under the LPS process. The grant requires a 10% match; the in-kind property match was valued in staff materials at $3.0…
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