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Bangor advisory committee begins planning for use of opioid-settlement funds; state technical-assistance center offers tools
Summary
At its first meeting the newly formed City of Bangor advisory committee heard a presentation from the Moss Center, discussed immediate priorities including housing, detox and harm-reduction services, and agreed on next steps including requesting spending projections and a community resource profile.
A newly formed City of Bangor advisory committee met to begin planning how to spend the city's opioid-settlement funds and received a presentation from the Moss Center, a state-supported opioid settlement technical-assistance center that offered templates, evaluation tools and outreach support.
The Moss Center presentation explained how the statewide settlement is split among subdivisions, the main recovery fund and the attorney general's office, and offered resources to help Bangor develop spending priorities, grant templates and public-facing tracking dashboards. Jenna Godo, outreach and communications coordinator for the Moss Center, said the center's mission is to “expand the capacity of Maine communities with receiving the…
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