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Fulton County approves $160,000 in opioid-settlement funds to add a Certified Recovery Specialist
Summary
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved a $160,000 allocation from opioid-settlement funds to add another Certified Recovery Specialist to the Fulton County Family Partnership Team, a move the county says will expand recovery services.
Fulton County commissioners on Dec. 16 approved a plan to use $160,000 in opioid-settlement funds to add a Certified Recovery Specialist to the Fulton County Family Partnership Team.
The approval came after Executive Development Director Julie Dovey presented a plan proposing to "Expand Certified Recovery Specialist Services by adding another CRS to Fulton County Family Partnership Team," which Commissioner Hervey P. Hann moved to adopt. Commissioner Hann's motion passed unanimously.
The board did not record additional detail in these minutes about the hiring timeline, specific duties for the new certified recovery specialist, or the expected ongoing operating cost beyond the $160,000 allocation. The minutes state the plan was submitted by Executive Development Director Julie Dovey and approved by the board; separate documents or staff follow-up were not included in the posted minutes.
The decision follows routine county procedure for allocating settlement funds: Dovey made the funding proposal, and the board approved it by motion. The meeting record does not indicate any dissenting votes or conditions attached to the funding approval.
Next steps listed in the meeting minutes are internal: the plan was approved and will be implemented by the appropriate county office; no public hiring timeline or effective date was recorded in the minutes.
