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Committee preserves MorY overdose-response funding through year-end while pausing broader opioid spending plan
Summary
After a contentious debate, the committee approved short-term funding to keep the MorY overdose-response program operating through the end of the year and deferred a larger three‑year health-department opioid spending plan so members can seek further evaluation and community engagement.
Facing a heated exchange about the city’s planned use of opioid settlement funds, the Public Safety & Health Committee on April 10 approved a narrowed substitute to keep the Milwaukee Fire Department’s MorY overdose-response program funded through the end of the year and defer a wider three-year spending rollout by the Health Department.
Chief representatives from both the Fire Department and Health Department said the pause risks losing momentum for harm-reduction and treatment programs. "We're saving lives out here," the Fire Department chief told the committee, stressing…
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