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Consultants outline evaluation and public dashboard for Delaware County opioid-settlement funds
Summary
The Stedman Group told County Council it will deliver a grantee evaluation in February and a public needs assessment and data dashboard by April, aiming to track how opioid-settlement dollars support prevention, treatment and recovery across Delaware County.
The Stedman Group presented an update on Dec. 10 to Delaware County Council on work to evaluate grantees funded with opioid-settlement dollars and to produce a public-facing needs assessment and data dashboard. Nat Prashinski, a behavioral-health consultant with the Stedman Group, said the work includes an environmental scan, gap analysis and a RE‑AIM–based evaluation framework.
Prashinski said grantees that have sought continued funding served more than 11,000 people in 2024, provided housing assistance to 160 people, transportation assistance to 330 people, distributed 735 doses of naloxone, and hosted outreach events and community partnerships. For the current year he reported the grantees served about 7,000 people and distributed 344 doses of naloxone, while noting the final quarter’s data were not yet available.
The Stedman Group described three phases of the project: launch and planning (completed), community engagement and grantee evaluation (underway), and reporting and strategic-plan development (planned for spring). Key deliverables include a grantee-evaluation report due in February and an environmental scan and dashboard due in April; community focus groups and interviews will take place through the spring.
Council members thanked the presenters and pressed for clear, comparable metrics to show program effectiveness. Council Member Schaffer and others emphasized the importance of data that can be used to advocate for sustained state funding and to identify gaps in who is being reached.
Next steps: Stedman Group will deliver the grantee-evaluation report in February and the public dashboard in April; council staff will continue program coordination and use the resulting evaluation framework to guide future opioid-settlement funding decisions.
