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Provider asks Page County for opioid‑settlement funds to start integrated recovery resource team
Summary
Richard Mullin asked the board to authorize use of the county’s opioid‑settlement allocation for a three‑year Integrated Recovery Resource Team (IRRT) to provide wraparound services, requesting $3,000 per month for 64 hours of contact and $108,000 set aside to run the program for three years plus in‑kind office space and a computer.
Richard Mullin presented a proposal asking the Page County Board of Supervisors to authorize access to county opioid‑settlement funds to create an Integrated Recovery Resource Team (IRRT) to provide wraparound, non‑clinical services to Page County residents affected by substance use disorders.
Mullin described IRRT services as “wraparound services, warm handoffs, and the no wrong door approach,” listing activities such as resume building, career planning, help with benefit applications (Medicaid, SNAP), assistance with job searches and referrals to treatment when clinically appropriate. He said the program would be open only to Page County residents (or children enrolled in Page County schools) so that settlement dollars remain county‑focused. Mullin noted that the Page County allocation he cited was about $417,000 and that Montgomery County had already approved a similar request.
His funding request included reimbursement for 64 hours of contact time per month at $3,000 per month, a request that $108,000 be set aside to operate the program for three years, in‑kind office space for service delivery and a dedicated county computer to hold county data and facilitate reporting. Mullin said the program would be free to participants and that he would provide monthly reports and statutorily required annual reporting on allocations and outcomes; he said he already carries malpractice insurance for his work.
Board members asked clarifying questions — for example, whether 64 hours covered two consecutive days per week — and Mullin confirmed the schedule, the reporting plan and his intention to coordinate with the county public health administrator and local treatment providers for warm handoffs. Mullin requested placement on a forthcoming agenda for a formal vote or denial.
Why it matters: Opioid‑settlement dollars are intended to fund local responses to substance use disorders; the board’s decision will determine whether Page County invests a portion of those funds in a locally run IRRT focused on social supports, employment assistance and reintegration services rather than direct clinical treatment.
