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Board directs use of state opioid settlement regional funds for jail mental-health services and ambulance equipment
Summary
Okeechobee County approved the FY 2026 implementation plan for state opioid-settlement regional funds (nonqualified counties) and directed continuation of jail mental-health staffing through the regional managing entity and proposed purchase of an auto-load stretcher for EMS.
The Okeechobee County commission approved staff recommendations for use of state opioid-settlement regional funds allocated to the county through the Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network, the county’s managing entity for the nonqualified-county regional fund.
Jessica (presenting staff) told commissioners the county has received $885,674 to date from the state…
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