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Commissioners approve $29,000 from opioid-settlement pool to support local recovery housing

3077190 · April 22, 2025
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Summary

The Justice Reinvestment advisory group recommended, and commissioners approved, allocation of $29,000 from the county’s opioid-settlement funds to pay the mortgage on a local transitional recovery house (Esperanza), citing program success metrics and plans for growth.

Decatur County commissioners approved allocating $29,000 from the county’s opioid-settlement funds to help pay the mortgage on a local transitional recovery residence after the Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council (JRAAC) vetted the request.

JRAAC representatives told commissioners the county’s first installment of opioid-settlement receipts totaled $533,000, of which $383,000 is…

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