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Huntington County: Commissioners review $135,000 in 2025 opiate-settlement awards
Summary
Public health officials told commissioners how Huntington County plans to spend its 2025 opiate-settlement funds, with $135,000 allocated across six local programs including the Drug Court and recovery housing providers.
Dr. Matt Pflieger, Huntington County public health officer, briefed the Board of County Commissioners on the county’s planned distribution of 2025 opiate-settlement funds. The board was shown line-item allocations for local programs supporting recovery and prevention.
According to the update, Huntington County awarded $10,000 to the sheriff’s department to purchase supplies for Jamie Fox’s jail programs; $12,000 to New Life Ministries for men’s and women’s recovery housing; $53,000 to the Huntington County Drug Court to help fund a courthouse position affected by state and federal budget cuts; $32,000 to Place of Grace for programming; $3,000 to Community Care of NE Indiana to assist Huntington County women seeking recovery in other counties; and $25,000 to the Boys and Girls Club for a tobacco-prevention program. The allocations total $135,000.
The presentation was informational; no formal vote was recorded on the distributions during the Nov. 17 meeting. The board also noted the Drug Court graduation scheduled for Dec. 3, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. in Huntington Superior Court.
The briefing did not include additional detail on selection criteria or multi-year commitments for the listed awards; those clarifications were not specified in the materials presented to the commissioners.
