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Residents and service providers urge Morris County to revisit opioid settlement funding for Edge New Jersey
Summary
Multiple speakers at the Nov. 17 Morris County commissioners meeting urged the board to reconsider opioid settlement grant allocations after Edge New Jersey — the county's only comprehensive harm-reduction provider — was denied funding and filed an appeal.
Multiple community members urged the Morris County Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 17 to revisit how the county allocates opioid settlement funds after the county denied an application from Edge New Jersey, the county’s only comprehensive mobile harm-reduction provider.
In public comment, Sierra Winters, chief impact officer at Edge New Jersey, said the settlement funds are restitution intended to repair harm from the opioid crisis and ‘‘should prioritize harm reduction services, grassroots, and peer-led organizations.’’ Winters also said the grant decision…
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