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Barry County task force outlines recovery needs, opens applications for opioid-settlement funds
Summary
A Substance Use Task Force presenter summarized community needs — housing, mental-health access, transportation and harm-reduction — and announced an application process for opioid-settlement funds with a March 31 deadline and technical-assistance support.
Liz, a member of the Barry County Substance Use Task Force, told the Board of Commissioners that community listening sessions identified housing, access to mental-health care, transportation and harm-reduction services as top priorities for people in recovery.
The presenter said stable transitional or supportive housing is “the biggest identified need” and quoted a local professional: “If people don't have stability and they know that they have a safe place to sleep at night, it's really tough to move forward.” She listed other recurring themes as transportation barriers…
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