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Opioid committee recommends $210,000 in grants including specialty courts and youth initiative
Summary
An opioid-response committee recommended awarding $155,000 to specialty courts and $55,000 to a Van Buren County youth assembly program; commissioners approved forwarding contracts and authorizing signatures to implement the grants and reporting requirements.
The Van Buren County opioid committee presented grant recommendations Nov. 13 and the board voted to approve the awards and authorize contract execution.
The committee presented nine applications and said requests totaled about $900,000. The committee recommended targeting $150,000 per year ($300,000 across two years) and selected two awards: $155,000 to specialty courts, and $55,000 to the Van Buren County Youth Initiative.
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