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Supervisors renew opioid-settlement allocation, county highlights Oxford House opening and peer-support contract
Summary
County supervisors authorized an $80,000 allocation of opioid settlement funds for reentry services, renewed a peer-support contract for the Article 31 clinic, and heard that a peer-led Oxford House opened in November with a coordinator funded by opioid settlement dollars.
The Health and Human Services Committee on Jan. 14 approved renewing an $80,000 allocation of opioid settlement funds to Reentry of Columbia to support workforce expansion, including one additional case manager.
The committee also approved a contract renewal with People USA, a peer-based organization that provides a certified peer specialist for the county’s Article 31 clinic. County staff described the peer specialist as a person who uses lived experience to build engagement and trust…
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