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Commission approves first round of opioid-settlement grants, awarding local recovery and prevention programs
Summary
A county recovery committee recommended 12 grants from opioid-settlement funds and the Penobscot County Commission voted to approve the slate, funding a mix of prevention, harm-reduction, treatment and recovery initiatives across the county.
The Penobscot County Commission voted to approve the recovery committee’s recommended allocations of opioid-settlement funds, authorizing a first round of awards to locally focused prevention and recovery programs.
Jamie Beck (speaker 10), chair of the recovery committee, told commissioners the panel reviewed 33 applications and recommended 12 awards to spread services across prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery. Beck said committee decisions aimed to maximize people…
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