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Wake County outlines use of opioid settlement funds, naloxone distribution and mobile treatment
Summary
Commissioner Cheryl Stallings said Wake County expects nearly $76 million from opioid settlements through 2039 and described spending so far on naloxone distribution, training and a mobile opioid treatment program launched by Morse Clinic of North Raleigh.
Commissioner Cheryl Stallings told the board that Wake County expects to receive nearly $76,000,000 from legal settlements with companies accused of contributing to the opioid epidemic by 2039.
Stallings said the county has invested settlement funds in evidence-based strategies to prevent opioid use and expand treatment access. She reported that staff have trained '3 50' community members to administer naloxone (transcript language unclear on the exact figure) and that the county has distributed over 1,000 naloxone kits; she added that naloxone is now available in county schools and public libraries.
Stallings also highlighted that opioid settlement funding helped Morse Clinic of North Raleigh launch the state's first mobile opioid treatment program, which brings treatment directly to neighborhoods the commissioner said are underserved or geographically isolated.
Her remarks described programmatic spending and service expansion; the transcript does not include a vote or appropriation action during this session.
