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City and county outline opioid-settlement spending plan; dashboard and APS IGA among top allocations
Summary
Health, Housing and Homelessness acting director and county officials presented a strategic plan for opioid settlement funds, including capacity-building grants, a $9.6 million IGA with Albuquerque Public Schools for Crossroads programming, and a public dashboard the administration said would be launched before year-end.
Acting Director Ellen Bridal and Bernalillo County representatives presented a coordinated plan the city and county have used to allocate opioid settlement funds and described near-term procurements and performance reporting.
Bridal said the City had received roughly $32.5 million from the opioid settlement as of the prior Friday and that about $28 million of that had been allocated under the plan, leaving roughly $4.5 million unallocated. County figures presented by a county representative showed the county had received roughly $25 million over the past five years and has a smaller annual average projected through 2038.
The strategic plan the city and county adopted was developed with technical assistance from a Bloomberg Foundation consultant team. Bridal and county staff stressed that the…
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