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Fulton County approves $160,000 opioid settlement plan to add a Certified Recovery Specialist
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved a $160,000 plan to expand Certified Recovery Specialist services by adding another CRS to the Fulton County Family Partnership Team, a measure moved by Commissioner Hervey P. Hann and proposed by Executive Development Director Julie Dovey.
Fulton County commissioners voted Dec. 16 to spend $160,000 in opioid settlement funds to expand Certified Recovery Specialist services for the Fulton County Family Partnership Team.
The plan was presented by Executive Development Director Julie Dovey and approved by motion of Commissioner Hervey P. Hann. The motion — recorded in the minutes as approving the plan submitted by Julie Dovey to "Expand Certified Recovery Specialist Services by adding another CRS (Certified Recovery Specialist) to Fulton County Family Partnership Team" — carried with all commissioners in favor.
County officials said the money will be drawn from the county's opioid settlement allocation; the minutes do not specify whether the funding is a one-time allocation or recurring. The record likewise does not detail the hiring timeline, job classification beyond the CRS role, or which county office will directly hire or supervise the new specialist.
The approval follows routine administrative business earlier in the meeting and was made during the board's regular session; an executive-session period for personnel matters occurred later in the meeting but the minutes do not link that session to this funding approval.
The next procedural step noted in the minutes is only the board's adjournment; the record does not list an implementation date or vendor for the CRS position.
