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Public commenters urge careful local coordination for opioid-settlement and SB3 behavioral-health funds
Summary
Volunteers and the county health council urged city leaders to coordinate opioid-settlement and SB3 behavioral-health funds with local first responders and existing volunteer providers to avoid duplication and ensure effective use of money earmarked for behavioral-health reform.
In public comment, Mikaela Morris — a volunteer advanced EMT and director of a local rescue/EMS agency — thanked the council for considering opioid-settlement funding and asked that the city coordinate any outside providers (for example, Lifehouse) with local volunteer organizations and first responders before finalizing contracts or funding. Morris emphasized that local volunteers and faith-based groups already provide much of the day-to-day crisis response and urged that settlement funds support those existing capacities.
Carrie Moore, director of the…
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