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Arkansas attorney general sets aside $1 million in opioid funds to pay for specialty-court housing, treatment and transport
Summary
Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a $1 million opioid-abatement pilot to cover transitional recovery housing, treatment and recovery services, peer recovery support and transportation for specialty-court participants; judges will request case-by-case payments through the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a $1,000,000 pilot program using opioid-abatement settlement funds to pay for immediate, case-level needs for specialty-court participants, including transitional recovery housing, treatment and recovery services, peer recovery support and transportation.
Griffin said judges should route requests through Marty Sullivan and Kristen Clark at the Administrative Office of the Courts. "I'll set a $1,000,000 aside of opioid abatement funds," he said, adding the pilot is designed so payments "follow the individual." The office will collect data on demand and use to refine the program.
The pilot targets four categories Griffin and court staff identified as common and time-sensitive needs: transitional…
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