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Cabarrus officials seek authorization to extend opioid‑settlement funding for treatment and faith‑based recovery services
Summary
County staff told commissioners Cabarrus is slated to receive roughly $22–25 million from national opioid settlements and requested authorization to extend funding for recovery support providers and county training into FY27. Commissioners asked for clearer provider language and moved the item to Jan. 20 action for legal review.
Alyisse Pugh and Virginia Fagg updated the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 5 about funds from the national opioid settlements and requested a new spending authorization to continue and extend existing recovery supports into FY27.
Pugh said North Carolina’s settlement led to an allocation of about $1.5 billion to the state, with a portion distributed to local governments. "Here in Cabarrus County, we are slated to receive the latest number that's on the website is that $22,000,000," she said, and noted that recent sign‑ons will likely increase the county’s total…
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