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Commissioners authorize $10,000 in opioid settlement funds for Lehighton’s BRAVE summer camp with reporting requirement
Summary
Carbon County commissioners approved release of $10,000 in AG opioid settlement dollars to Lehighton Area School District for the BRAVE summer camp, authorizing the payment with a requirement for detailed expense reporting before additional funds are released.
The Carbon County Board of Commissioners authorized release of $10,000 from the county’s AG opioid settlement funds to the Lehighton Area School District to support the BRAVE summer camp (Building Resilience Against Vices Through Education). The authorization requires the district to provide detailed expense documentation at the conclusion of the program before the county considers release of the remaining $9,120 requested from the settlement funds.
The board motion (agenda item #26-246) passed unanimously. Itemized planned uses recorded in the agenda materials included staff costs ($11,000), supplies/food ($5,000) and transportation ($3,120); the motion authorized $10,000 now with the stipulation that the district submit detailed expenses for potential release of the additional $9,120.
Commissioner Ahner summarized the board’s action and reiterated the stipulation that detailed expenses must be provided at the program conclusion prior to release of any additional AG settlement funds. The minutes do not record program start/end dates or enrollment targets; they record the planned categories of expense and the conditional funding arrangement.
The action appears under agenda item #26-246 and is recorded in the board’s April 2, 2026 minutes.
