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Fulton County approves $160,000 opioid settlement plan to add a recovery specialist
Summary
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved a $160,000 plan from Opioid Settlement Funds to add a Certified Recovery Specialist to the Fulton County Family Partnership Team, a move county officials said will expand local recovery services.
Fulton County commissioners voted Dec. 16 to use $160,000 in Opioid Settlement Funds to expand local recovery services by adding an additional Certified Recovery Specialist (CRS) to the Fulton County Family Partnership Team. The plan was presented by Executive Development Director Julie Dovey and approved by the board without recorded opposition.
Julie Dovey framed the proposal as an expansion of service capacity, proposing to "Expand Certified Recovery Specialist Services by adding another CRS (Certified Recovery Specialist) to Fulton County Family Partnership Team." Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to approve the plan; the motion passed with the board recorded as "All in favor."
The funding action directs $160,000 from the county's Opioid Settlement Funds to personnel and program expansion for recovery services. The meeting record does not specify hiring timelines, the start date for the new CRS position, or the precise budget breakdown beyond the $160,000 allocation. No public comment or dissent on the plan was recorded in the meeting minutes.
The approval follows routine county business on the agenda and does not include additional implementation steps in the minutes; commissioners did not record further directives in the meeting transcript.
