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Recovery specialist outlines options for Clark County opioid-settlement funds; offers $90/hour advisory contract
Summary
A recovery support specialist from the Bluegrass Area Health District briefed the Clark County Fiscal Court on permissible uses of opioid settlement funds, recommended a local advisory board and offered to provide administrative services at $90 per hour; no contract vote was taken.
Gene Detherich, a recovery support specialist with the Bluegrass Area Health District, told the Clark County Fiscal Court that opioid-settlement money must be spent on opioid-mitigation efforts and outlined steps the court could take to manage the funds. Detherich said he would help the court form a local advisory board, coordinate existing services to avoid duplication, and assist with reporting requirements from the state. He offered an hourly administrative contract of $90 for those services and said the work could include governance and strategic planning that the settlement framework allows. The specialist told the court the settlement framework is outlined in the National Settlement Agreement…
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