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Board revises NC Harm Reduction Coalition agreement: syringe and contraceptive distribution removed; commissioners split in debate
Summary
The board approved a revised subrecipient agreement with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition that removes syringe and contraceptive distribution and reclassifies the strategy from syringe services to naloxone distribution; the change followed discussion of legal and operational issues and a roll-call vote.
Granville County commissioners voted on Nov. 17 to adopt a revised resolution and associated subrecipient agreement with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition that removes references to syringe-service and contraceptive distribution and reauthorizes funding under a naloxone-distribution strategy.
Staff explained the revision replaces the previously authorized strategy number 9 (syringe services program) with strategy number 7 (naloxone distribution services), maintains the listed provider (the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition), and adjusts the…
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