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Committee approves opioid-settlement match grant to hire recovery navigator for Kenosha County
Summary
The committee approved a resolution to accept a match grant to fund a recovery navigator position that would expand follow-up services for people with overdoses and others with substance-use needs; county officials said the position would be piloted with opioid settlement funds and other revenue sources would be explored for long-term support.
Kenosha County Human Services Committee members voted to accept a match grant tied to opioid-settlement funds that would fund a navigator position to help people after overdoses and others with substance-use needs.
Rebecca introduced Carrie Foss, director of the county behavioral health center, who said the grant is a match program: "it was an opioid match grant, meaning that whatever dollars we were willing…
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