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Saline County to administer joint opioid-settlement grant program with City of Salina
Summary
Commissioners approved a joint agreement with the City of Salina to combine opioid-settlement funds and create an annual $50,000 grants pot for local nonprofits; the county will administer the program.
The Saline County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 9 approved a joint agreement with the City of Salina to pool local shares of opioid-settlement funds and create a county-administered grants program for substance-use prevention, treatment and education.
County Administrator Philip Smith reviewed the background, noting that the Kansas Fights Addictions Act steers a portion of opioid-settlement funds through the state and allocates 25% to counties and cities combined; Saline County and the city of Salina expect to receive more than $1 million in combined settlement proceeds over the settlement…
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