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Moreno Valley council approves plan to spend opioid settlement funds to sustain mobile crisis teams and education programs
Summary
Council voted unanimously to adopt a plan directing opioid settlement payments toward continuing Riverside University Health System mobile crisis teams and a community education campaign; staff expect roughly $1.4 million already received and up to $3.7 million through 2038.
The Moreno Valley City Council on June 17 unanimously approved a plan to use opioid settlement money to sustain local mobile crisis response and run community education on addiction and overdose prevention.
City staff told the council the city has received about $1.4 million so far from national opioid settlements and expects about $3.7 million in total distributions through 2038. The staff recommendation, adopted by the council, prioritizes continued financial support for Riverside University Health System (RUHS) mobile crisis teams operating in Moreno Valley and a secondary educational campaign to raise public awareness of opioid and fentanyl risks and to expand naloxone distribution.
The staff report said the proposed plan would direct the “bulk of the funding” to continuing mobile…
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