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Palm Beach County officials highlight recovery progress, outline opioid-settlement focus on recovery supports
Summary
County leaders and partners credited harm-reduction programs and expanded medication-assisted treatment with recent declines in local overdoses and said most opioid-settlement dollars will fund recovery supports such as housing, navigation and peer services rather than direct treatment.
James Green, director of Palm Beach County Community Services, hosted a public conversation with State Senator Daryl Roussaint and Anne Berner, president and CEO of the Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network, to review local progress and next steps on substance use and mental health supports.
The guests highlighted measurable results. Green said local programs have “helped reverse almost 250 overdoses” and distributed “over 7,700 Narcan,” and that more than 200 people were referred to treatment through syringe-exchange and outreach efforts. Roussaint, who described his own recovery experience, cited passage of state legislation that incorporated…
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