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JFAC approves Idaho Millennium Fund allocations for fentanyl campaign, after‑school programs and youth assessment centers
Summary
The committee voted to allocate Millennium Fund dollars to a fentanyl awareness campaign, after‑school programs and youth assessment centers and adopted related language guiding program use and recovery‑center funding rules.
The Joint Millennium Fund recommendations were approved by the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee, sending dedicated settlement dollars to public safety campaigns, education programs and juvenile services.
Jared Tetroult, Deputy Division Manager of Budget and Policy Analysis with Legislative Services, explained the fund's origin and purpose: “The Idaho Millennium Fund was established by the legislature and later ratified in the constitution in 02/2006 to account for the dollars that the state receives from the tobacco companies… Idaho receives about $25,000,000 a year from the settlement agreement and it's put into 3 millennium funds.”
Representative Gallavey moved the committee’s program motion to allocate $500,000 from the opioid settlement fund to the Idaho State Police for a fentanyl awareness campaign; $1,500,000 to the State Department of Education for after‑school programs (with conditions that programs provide prevention/cessation education regarding tobacco, alcohol and other substances); $210,000 for Idaho State Police programming through miscellaneous revenue; and $2,500,000 one‑time to the Department of Juvenile Corrections for youth assessment centers. The motion requested a total of $6,710,000 in dedicated funds for these items and included reappropriation authority related to prior supplemental funding.
Committee discussion noted several changes from earlier drafts: Idaho Public Television operating costs were reduced after the agency indicated internal coverage was possible; the youth assessment survey and vape detectors were removed from the package; and language tightened requirements for recovery centers and new center proposals to ensure funds go only to qualified nonprofit recovery centers and to provide quarterly distribution and oversight procedures. The committee adopted the motion and the associated language; a roll call recorded committee passage.
Representative Gallavey sought unanimous consent to accept accompanying language on after‑school program use and reporting; no objections were recorded and the language was accepted. The committee voted to send the Millennium Fund recommendations forward with a do‑pass recommendation.
