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Pima County and city task force propose $8 million annual ROSAC spending and push for sobering center planning
Summary
Pima County and the city of Tucson are coordinating regional spending of opioid settlement funds through ROSAC and proposed a multi‑year, $8 million annual tranche to expand prevention, peer navigation, wraparound supports and to create a sobering-center implementation plan.
Pima County Public Health Director Dr. Teresa Cullen briefed the mayor and council on regional planning for opioid-settlement funds and a new Regional Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee (ROSAC) that represents Pima County, the City of Tucson, South Tucson and Marana.
Dr. Cullen said the regional group consolidated local settlement receipts with the goal of coordinating investments across prevention, treatment, recovery supports and harm reduction. ROSAC identified six priority categories through a rubric that rated public-health impact, equity, evidence and sustainability: youth prevention, peer navigators, transitional wraparound supports, law‑enforcement co-response, innovation pilots and planning for a sobering center. The group has used the guidance that the settlement…
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