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Recovery providers press Broward commissioners for clearer process to guide $46M in opioid settlement funds
Summary
A recovery coalition urged Broward County commissioners to require formal, ongoing stakeholder engagement on how opioid settlement dollars are spent, arguing current decisions are too removed from frontline providers. County staff said coalitions and RFPs are already underway; the participation agreement passed unanimously.
Rick Riccardi, a representative of Fellowship Recovery Community, urged the Broward County Commission to formalize a process that brings front-line addiction providers, peer organizations and housing programs into spending decisions for opioid settlement funds. "Unless we're on the ground working with individuals every day, it's really impossible to fully see where these funds belong," Riccardi said during public comment on April 14.
The commission heard Riccardi's…
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