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Opioid settlement funds back DART, overdose fatality reviews and spike response in Olmsted County
Summary
County staff reported progress on opioid‑settlement–funded initiatives, including DART (operational January 2024), overdose fatality review and a planned spike response team; staff also updated the board on local use of the Credible Mind mental‑health platform.
Olmsted County public‑health staff on a routine update described how opioid settlement funds are being used to establish and operate a Drug and Alcohol Response Team (DART), stand up an overdose fatality review team and develop an overdose spike response plan, and to support community mental‑health resources via the Credible Mind platform.
Sydney Frey, program manager for the county’s Scribe Response Service team, said the county received $7,200,000 in settlement funding to be spent over 18 years and that a cross‑sector opioid settlement core team recommended allocating funds to launch DART. “In 2023, Olmsted County announced that we would be receiving…
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