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Homewood committee hears plan to use opioid settlement funds for assessments, training and jail prerelease support
Summary
Council committee heard a presentation from the Recovery Resource Center on possible uses of opioid settlement funds, including same-day assessments, peer-led referrals, staff training, and prerelease assessments for justice-involved people; the item was referred to the city's budget hearings.
Homewood 'Committee members heard a presentation Aug. 4 on potential uses of opioid settlement funds, including same-day assessments, peer-led referral and recovery-support services, and staff training, and referred the matter to the city's budget hearings for further work. John Bales, program director at the Recovery Resource Center, told the finance committee the city's settlement funds are subject to restrictions and state guidance and that local practice should align with Jefferson County Department of Health best practices.
The presentation outlined services the Recovery Resource Center provides and how settlement dollars could be used. "We offer the assessments no cost, walk in, same day, no appointment," Bales…
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