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City planning new overdose prevention division funded by restitution settlement; 25 positions proposed
Summary
BCHD and the Mayor’s Office described a five‑year plan to use opioid restitution funds to create a Division of Public Behavioral Health and add leadership, data and planning staff to support overdose prevention, needs assessment and strategic planning.
Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Martin said Baltimore’s health department and the Mayor’s Office developed a five‑year infrastructure plan tied to recently allocated opioid restitution funds and that the plan includes creating a new division focused on public behavioral health and overdose prevention.
"We are creating a new division," Martin said, and described hires that will include a deputy commissioner to lead the division, a director of overdose prevention…
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