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Washington County committee reviews options for remaining opioid settlement funds
Summary
Washington County Health & Human Services reported it has received more than $3 million in opioid settlement payments and has approximately $1.9 million remaining for future allocation, and staff will bring specific spending proposals to the committee for approval.
Washington County Health & Human Services staff reviewed an internal white paper on local uses of opioid settlement funds and told the committee the county has received more than $3 million and expended about $1.1 million to date, leaving roughly $1.9 million available for future allocation.
Director Julie Newman said the county used settlement dollars to open a sobering/peer‑recovery facility (referred to as the “solar living facility” in the report), to fund an assistant county attorney to serve the criminal justice coordinating council and to upgrade the division’s electronic behavioral health record. Staff distributed a spending…
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