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Residents urge Rowan County to invest $500,000 in youth prevention with opioid settlement funds
Summary
Multiple public commenters asked the Rowan County Commission to allocate $500,000 of opioid settlement funds to create a coalition-based youth action agency focused on prevention, workforce and outreach.
Several Rowan County residents used the commission’s public-comment period on March 17 to ask commissioners to direct opioid settlement funds toward early prevention programs for local youth.
The request centered on allocating $500,000 to create a youth action agency using a coalition-based, evidence-backed model to prevent delinquency, substance use, violence, teen pregnancy and mental-health challenges.
The speakers said the money would fund a full-time coordinator, youth stipends, outreach and engagement, and other…
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