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Administrative committee approves $141,615 in opioid-abatement funding for schools, recovery court and transitional housing

Humphreys County Board of Commissioners Administrative Committee · January 6, 2026

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Summary

The committee voted to forward a $141,615 opioid-abatement allocation to the full commission, splitting funds among the Humphreys County Board of Education ($80,000), the 23rd Judicial Drug Advocates ($36,615), and Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency ($25,000) for prevention, recovery-court support, and transitional housing.

The Humphreys County Administrative Committee recommended that the full commission approve a $141,615 allocation from the county's opioid-abatement funds to three local programs.

County Executive Pergriba said the opioid advisory board recommended the distribution as the "best use" of mitigation funds. The largest share, $80,000, was proposed for the Humphreys County Board of Education to fund a school counselor intended to serve all county schools; Pergriba said the school system had requested roughly double that amount but funding was limited. The committee recorded the Board of Education as a new program recipient.

The committee also proposed $36,615 for the 23rd Judicial Drug Advocates for a recovery court technician and associated legal counsel, and $25,000 for Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency to support a 19-unit transitional supportive housing project now under construction in Burns, described by Pergriba as intended to serve Humphreys County residents.

Committee members discussed prevention and recovery as priorities and then approved the allocation to be forwarded to the full commission.