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Centennial council member outlines Arapahoe County ‘Region 9’ opioid-abatement spending and priorities
Summary
A City of Centennial council member provided a detailed update Feb. 18 on Arapahoe County’s Region 9 opioid abatement council, describing allocations to jail-based MAT, workforce training, sober-living capacity and a school-based youth prevention program.
A City of Centennial council member provided a detailed update Feb. 18 on Arapahoe County’s Region 9 opioid abatement council, describing how settlement dollars have been allocated so far and the council’s priorities going forward.
The council member said the Region 9 group has spent the first year designing a process for soliciting and awarding funds and conducting a listening tour to identify service gaps. Council members emphasized that state distribution of settlement funds requires projects to include an opioid-specific component and that the county retrieves funding from the state twice a year (March and September).
“Part of our process…was really…
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