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Council OKs opioid-settlement and state grants totaling multimillion-dollar allocations for prevention, treatment and recovery
Summary
The Metro Council approved allocations from the opioid abatement settlement and a state cooperative agreement providing $1,025,000 to support youth programming, community services and violence prevention. Council and community speakers emphasized prevention, treatment access, and coordination among mayors and service providers.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council approved a package of allocations from opioid-abatement settlement funds and a separate cooperative endeavor agreement with the State of Louisiana that will bring $1,025,000 to the parish for public-service programs.
Item 112 covered allocations from the opioid abatement settlement: the record lists allocations to multiple agencies (as read into the record) including $1,849,000 to the District Attorney, $1,000,000 to the Nineteenth JDC, $589,000 to CJCC, $260,000 to a pretrial diversion and recovery program, $212,000 to Victoria’s Voice for prevention/awareness, $320,020 to connect people to care, $448,500 to set free indeed for treatment and recovery, $300,000 and $148,500 (two entries) to Ecobehavioral Health for treatment and…
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