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Board approves $322,050 county support to extend Solutions Recovery peer response team for one year
Summary
Following public testimony and committee review, Winnebago County supervisors approved a $322,050 amendment to fund Solutions Recovery's peer response team for one additional year, with a clawback clause if other grant funding is received. Supporters cited program reach and life-saving transports; opponents raised long-term funding questions.
Megan Edwards, executive director of Solutions Recovery, told the board that the peer response team has become "one of the most effective and collaborative responses" to substance use and overdose in Winnebago County and urged adoption of an amendment to add $322,050 to the public-health budget to continue the team for another year.
Edwards said the team has reached more than 1,200 people through…
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