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Commissioners pause on full opioid settlement disbursement pending program review
Summary
The opioid collaborative submitted funding requests for programs; commissioners expressed concern about long-term sustainability, outcome measures and allocations across prevention, treatment, housing and harm reduction, and agreed to revisit allocations before finalizing.
Scotland County commissioners reviewed proposed allocations of local opioid settlement funds on June 2 and agreed to delay final approval while staff and the opioid collaborative refine program-level outcomes and sustainability assumptions.
County staff presented current receipts and projections from national opioid settlements: approximately $1.6 million already received with an estimated additional $2.1 million anticipated over future years, though…
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