Sumner County opioid abatement committee approves Cumberland Heights amendment, outlines grant plan and data limits

At a March meeting of the Sumner County Opioid Abatement Committee, members approved an amendment to a $50,000 Cumberland Heights Foundation contract and reviewed how state opioid settlement money can be spent.

Mary Janine, chair of the committee, opened the meeting by noting the urgency of the work: “We do have recently have had some activity with opioid, overdoses in our county, and we're mindful of that all the time,” she said. County staff reviewed the state memo of agreement (Exhibit E), explaining that restricted funds may be used for counseling, peer support, recovery case management, residential treatment with access to medications, provider education, peer recovery centers and certain facility build-outs, while less-restricted funds require additional reporting and oversight.

A staff member told the committee that the county “should be receiving a check of $454,643.61” from the state…