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Douglas County approves off‑cycle addiction‑fund grants for housing, public health and first‑responder wellness
Summary
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously March 18 to approve a set of one‑time allocations from the Municipalities Fight Addiction Fund for supportive housing debt relief, a van for Artists Helping the Homeless, Amethyst consulting, law‑enforcement wellness assessments, school‑based prevention and a public‑health testing pilot.
On March 18, 2026, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a package of one‑time allocations from the Municipalities Fight Addiction Fund (MFAF) that staff had recommended being distributed outside the normal budget cycle.
The approved package includes funding agreed to during the meeting for: paying off the mortgage on Cardinal Housing Network’s 1046 New Hampshire Street property (applicant reported an outstanding balance of about $107,900), a replacement van for Artists Helping the Homeless (commissioners agreed to fund the vehicle but expressed caution about paying for advertising wraps), a phase‑2 Amethyst Place consulting engagement (staff and applicants clarified $16,000 was already spent in phase 1 and the remaining MFAF portion is about $32,000), a…
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