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Yakima County awards $75,000 to neighborhood reentry pilot, declines several opioid-settlement requests
Summary
Yakima County commissioners approved a $75,000 pilot award to a neighborhood reentry program, declined funding for a run-team request and deferred a large maternal-infant recovery proposal to a future funding round, while signaling more opportunities this fall.
Yakima County commissioners agreed on Feb. 13 to award $75,000 from the county's opioid settlement funds to a neighborhood reentry pilot run by Yakima Neighborhood Health Services and declined several other requests in the first-round awards.
The commissioners said they would not fund a proposed "RUN" outreach team and opted not to fund the larger "My Baby and Me" residential proposal in this round. Commissioners also confirmed that KDNA's prevention proposal had been awarded in this cycle and that larger projects should pursue the county's forthcoming mental health and substance-use RFP in the fall.
Why it matters: The opioid settlement funds are one-time, flexible dollars county leaders are using to support treatment, recovery and prevention programs. Commissioners said they wanted to prioritize pilot projects and prevention while retaining flexibility to…
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