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Providers praise Opioid Abatement Commission grants but say delays and one‑year awards undermine programs
Summary
Grantees and commission members told the Committee on Health that settlement funds and commission grants have funded housing and treatment programs but that bureaucratic delays and short award timelines have compressed service delivery and reduced effectiveness.
Service providers, grant recipients and commission members used Wednesday’s Committee on Health roundtable to praise new investments from the Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission while describing recurring administrative delays and short grant timelines that they said undercut program success.
Chad Jackson, chair of the Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission, told the committee the commission "has received a little over $25,000,000 and disbursed or awarded about half of those dollars." He said the commission has focused awards on programs directly related to reducing opioid use disorder or overdose deaths.
Provider testimony documented multiple problems with timing. Judy Ashburn, vice president of clinical programs at Samaritan Inn, described a successful transitional supportive housing program that opened quickly after a…
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