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Fulton County approves $160,000 plan to add Certified Recovery Specialist using opioid settlement funds
Summary
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted Dec. 16 to spend $160,000 in opioid settlement funds to add a Certified Recovery Specialist to the Fulton County Family Partnership Team, a measure moved by Commissioner Hervey P. Hann and presented by Executive Development Director Julie Dovey.
Fulton County Board of Commissioners members unanimously approved a plan on Dec. 16 to use $160,000 in opioid settlement funds to expand recovery services.
The measure, presented by Executive Development Director Julie Dovey, was approved by motion of Commissioner Hervey P. Hann. The plan describes using the funds to "Expand Certified Recovery Specialist Services by adding another CRS to Fulton County Family Partnership Team." The minutes record the vote as "All in favor." The funding source for the allocation is listed in the county ledger as Fund 276, Opioid Settlement Funds.
County minutes do not specify hiring timelines or salary details for the additional Certified Recovery Specialist; the board approved the program allocation and did not record subsequent implementation steps in the public minutes. The decision follows routine county business at the commissioners' meeting held at the Commissioners' Office and recorded in the Dec. 16, 2025 minutes.
The board also handled other agenda items that day, including routine payables and personnel actions; those items were recorded separately in the official minutes.
