Fulton County approves $160,000 opioid-settlement plan to add a Certified Recovery Specialist

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a plan to use $160,000 in opioid settlement funds to add a Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) to the Fulton County Family Partnership Team.

Executive Development Director Julie Dovey presented the plan during the Dec. 16 meeting. Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve the proposal, and the board recorded the motion as passing "All in favor." The transcript does not specify a start date for hiring, the full annual cost breakdown, or the funding source beyond the general label "Opioid Settlement Funds."

The county has allocated other funds across several accounts in the same meeting, but the approved $160,000 was recorded specifically as the amount to "Expand Certified Recovery Specialist Services by adding another CRS to Fulton County Family Partnership Team," according to the meeting record. The motion and approval were recorded without additional implementation details such as a hiring timeline, salary range, or program performance metrics.

The board did not specify whether the new position will be full time, part time, contracted, or whether the cost includes training or benefits. No public-comment excerpts or dissenting votes appear in the minutes. The next procedural step recorded in the transcript was adjournment; the minutes do not record a subsequent personnel or procurement action in this session.