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Rowan County outlines 18-year opioid settlement plan, reports naloxone distribution and outreach progress
Summary
Public-health staff updated the Board of Commissioners on Jan. 6 about Rowan County—s opioid settlement spending plan, chosen strategies, community feedback, and early outcomes including naloxone distribution and post-overdose outreach.
Alyssa Harris, public-health staff, told the Rowan County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 6, 2025, that the county is working from an 18-year plan funded by the opioid settlement and that Rowan County—s total award is roughly $28,000,000 and is "front loaded," meaning larger payments arrive earlier in the funding timeline.
Harris summarized the county—s approach and the five settlement strategies the county selected for fiscal 2023–24: collaborative strategic planning, recovery support services, naloxone distribution, a post-overdose response team (PORT), and harm-reduction services. She said the board-authorized budget for those strategies was $523,087 for the past fiscal year and reported that the county spent $397,144 (about 75%) of that allocation during the year.
Harris and Haley Edwards, the program manager for the project, provided activity and outcome figures. Harris said the…
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