Calcasieu Parish approves 2025 opioid abatement grants; juror urges youth prevention programs
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Summary
The police jury approved a cooperative endeavor agreement using opioid abatement settlement funds for 2025. Juror Mr. Smith thanked staff and urged that future funding target prevention programs for preteens and school‑age youth as well as adult services.
The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury adopted a cooperative endeavor agreement for 2025 opioid abatement grants during its Feb. 5 meeting.
Mister Bowers moved the resolution and Mister Barty seconded; the motion passed with no recorded objections. The cooperative endeavor agreement will allocate opioid abatement settlement funds as described in staff materials provided to the jury.
Mister Smith thanked staff for the presentation and urged the jury to consider including prevention programs aimed at young people. "One thing I wanted to look at was, possibly, down the line looking at trying to include programs that offer working with young people... we probably gotta go back to the teenagers and look at things that we want to prevent the opioid... make sure that they don't get on the drugs," Smith said, calling for attention to preteen and school‑age programming in future solicitations.
The motion carried on the record with the chair stating "Motion carries." The transcript does not list a roll‑call tally; staff materials and the cooperative endeavor agreement will specify program details, allocations and implementation steps.
