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Chester County details use of opioid settlement funds, cites declines in overdose deaths
Summary
Director Jamie Johnson outlined how about $9 million received by the county from national opioid settlements since Aug. 1, 2022, has been allocated to warm handoffs, treatment, recovery housing, prevention and naloxone distribution; county officials said overdose deaths have fallen more than 20% over three years.
Jamie Johnson, director of Chester County’s Department of Drug and Alcohol Services, gave commissioners a detailed briefing Wednesday on how the county is spending opioid settlement funds and the countywide strategies those dollars support.
Johnson said national settlements across distributors, manufacturers and pharmacy chains total roughly $56 billion; Pennsylvania’s allotment is about $2 billion, of which roughly 85% is distributed to counties and other litigating subdivisions and 15% to the Commonwealth. “In Chester County, since 08/01/2022, we’ve received a little over $9,000,000,” Johnson said.
The director presented program priorities aligned with the national settlement’s Exhibit E guidance, saying the county’s work focuses on expanding warm…
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