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Porter County awards $125,000 in opioid settlement funds to five local recovery and prevention programs
Summary
The Porter County Board of Commissioners approved distribution of $125,000 from opioid settlement funds to five local organizations for prevention, recovery services and sober‑living repairs; per‑recipient amounts were not specified in the meeting record.
Porter County commissioners on March 11 approved distributing $125,000 in opioid settlement funds to five local organizations, county staff said during a brief presentation at the start of the meeting.
Megan Wyshinsky, the county’s nominated president of the opioid settlement awards committee, told the board the county calculated the recommended distribution by dividing the county’s anticipated settlement receipts through 2038 into a 14‑year allotment and identifying up to five recipients for this round. The committee recommended five organizations for awards this cycle; the agenda and presenters did not list per‑recipient dollar amounts.
The recipients scheduled to receive awards, and the brief uses they described to the commissioners, were:
- Doonland School Corporation (Chelsea…
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