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Adams County advisory committee recommends opioid‑settlement grants and initial funding for reentry program
Summary
A JRAC steering committee recommended using opioid‑settlement funds to support a county reentry program (recommended $100,000–$125,000 toward IRACS/Hyrax), $5,000 to Crossroads Community Recovery Housing, $10,142.46 to Adams Memorial Behavioral Health, and $21,762.50 to North Adams Community Schools for a D.A.R.E. officer; the council approved forwarding recommendations to commissioners with appropriations to follow.
An advisory committee that screens opioid‑settlement applications recommended that Adams County use restricted settlement funds for several programs and forwarded those recommendations to the council. The committee proposed allocating up to $100,000–$125,000 from settlement money to help fund the initial phase of a reentry program (referred to in the meeting as IRACS or Hyrax), which the sheriff’s office and local courts plan to operate. The committee also recommended $5,000 for Crossroads Community Recovery Housing to…
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