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Monroe County approves plan to use opioid settlement funds for treatment, jail program and school prevention
Summary
The Board approved a fiscal year 2026 plan to allocate opioid settlement funds for adult substance use treatment, jail in‑house programming, medication‑assisted treatment (MAT), outpatient services and school‑based prevention in middle schools; one commissioner abstained.
Monroe County commissioners approved a resolution setting planned fiscal year 2026 uses for opioid settlement funds, directing money toward adult substance use treatment, a jail in‑house program, medication‑assisted treatment, outpatient substance‑use services and school‑based prevention programs in Monroe County middle schools.
The resolution (agenda item C5) was called up as a held item. After a motion to approve and a second, the board took a roll call: Commissioner Kates (yes), Commissioner Lincoln (yes), Commissioner Reshein (yes), Commissioner Rice (abstaining) and Mayor James K. Scholl (yes). The abstention was recorded as Commissioner Rice.
The action document lists programmatic categories for planned funding but does not specify dollar amounts in the meeting presentation or the board motion. The resolution describes program types to be supported in FY 2026: adult substance‑use treatment services, an in‑jail program, medication‑assisted treatment, outpatient treatment services and school‑based prevention efforts targeted at Monroe County middle schools.
County staff provided no dollar breakdown in the public roll call; commissioners and staff indicated the spending plan fits within the county’s allocation from the national opioid settlements and the county’s planning process for those funds. The board approved the plan and directed staff to implement the listed program priorities for FY 2026.
