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Commissioners, staff and residents push for clearer metrics as opioid-settlement funds back harm‑reduction programs
Summary
Public and officials discussed funding and evaluation of local harm-reduction efforts. Staff said most program costs are currently covered by opioid-settlement funds and warned those funds are finite; commenters and commissioners asked for outcome metrics and clearer role definitions between the Board of Health and county government.
Residents and county officials questioned the measures used to evaluate Clallam County’s harm‑reduction work and discussed how the programs are funded.
“I was asking: what are the metrics behind this harm reduction program? What metrics do we have to show what this is doing for our community and what it’s doing to help people?” said a public commenter during the meeting’s public‑comment period.
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