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Adams County highlights opioid abatement council grants; $3.8 million distributed in 2024
Summary
County officials described a locally run Opioid Abatement Council that has awarded multi-million-dollar grants for prevention, treatment and harm reduction, and said the program funds range and priorities are publicly tracked.
Adams County officials outlined work funded through an opioid abatement council and described recent grant distributions to local partners to address prevention, treatment and harm reduction.
Commissioner Steve O'Dorisio credited Attorney General Phil Weiser’s state-level work that brought Colorado an opioid settlement totaling federal funds spread across the state. County officials said the county’s Adams County Opioid Abatement Council has distributed grants to local partners: $2.7 million in 2023 to nine partners and $3.8 million in 2024 to 13 partners, funding prevention, medication-assisted treatment, harm reduction and other services.
Dr. Kelly Weidbach of the health department and Brighton City Council member Peter Badia were named as local council leaders during the conversation. Officials said the council’s approach spans prevention through to treatment and recovery, and they pointed callers to the council’s public materials and the county’s website for more details.
Commissioners said the funds have been used for community-based programs including mobile and jail-based medication-assisted treatment and for other initiatives intended to reduce overdose and increase treatment access. County staff recommended that callers search for the Adams County Opioid Abatement Council and indicated recent local media coverage outlining the council’s grant work.
Officials said the county will continue working with community partners to allocate future settlement funds to a combination of prevention, treatment and harm-reduction activities.
