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Norwalk outlines use of opioid settlement funds, readies final-quarter mini-grants
Summary
Community Services staff told the Common Council committee they will use an initial portion of opioid settlement funds for a part-time recovery support specialist and subgrants to local treatment and recovery providers; the department also previewed a final-quarter mini-grant program for small nonprofits.
Chief Daniels, director of Community Services for Norwalk, told the Common Council’s Community Services Committee in March 2025 that the department will begin drawing down an initial portion of the city’s opioid settlement funds next month and will launch the final-quarter round of a small nonprofit mini-grant program.
Why it matters: Daniels said the settlement funding will support a part-time recovery support specialist embedded with the police department’s behavioral health unit and will provide subgrants to local recovery and treatment nonprofits. The mini-grant program gives the city a short-term mechanism to fund community-based organizations that serve Norwalk residents.
Daniels told the committee the opioid funds must be used in accordance with the city’s distributor/Jensen settlement agreement and that the…
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