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Brevard County lays out opioid‑abatement funding, priorities and RFA timeline
Summary
Brevard County staff summarized how multi‑year opioid settlement funds will be distributed locally, identified treatment and outreach priorities, and set an RFA timeline aimed at starting contracts Oct. 1; the committee also agreed on a recommendations committee to review applications.
Brevard County officials on Jan. 28 briefed the Together in Partnership Committee on how opioid‑settlement dollars will be apportioned locally and when organizations can expect to apply for those funds. Melissa Brandt of Brevard County Housing and Human Services described funding streams from nationwide settlements and the county’s planned spending priorities.
Brandt said the national settlements will be distributed over 18 years and that Florida’s allocation will be substantial. “Brevard’s funding is about 44,000,000 over the total of 18 years,” Brandt told the…
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