Huron County designates $81,000 from OneOhio opioid settlement for victim assistance

The Huron County Board of Commissioners voted March 19 to designate $81,000 from the county’s OneOhio opioid settlement allocation to partially fund the Huron County Victim’s Assistance Program.

The resolution (26-090), moved by Commissioner James R. Morgan and seconded by Commissioner Harry Brady, cites the OneOhio Memorandum of Understanding and Exhibit A as authority for uses of settlement proceeds and states that 30% of Ohio’s settlement proceeds are distributed directly to local governments. The board recorded a unanimous vote to adopt the measure.

The resolution says the Victim’s Assistance Program provides services under the Marcy’s Law amendment to the Ohio Constitution (Article I, Section 10[a]) and Ohio Revised Code Sections 2930.01 through 2930.20. It links the proposed use to several abatement strategies listed in Exhibit A of the MOU, including support for trauma-informed treatment for individuals and family members affected by addiction; community-based intervention services for families, youth and adolescents at risk for addiction; and addressing the needs of people involved in the criminal justice system who have opioid use disorder and co-occurring conditions.

The designated $81,000 is described in the resolution as a partial fund to support those services in Huron County; the resolution language itself sets the amount and the board’s authorization. The motion and roll call were recorded on the meeting record.

The board’s action is a designation of county settlement proceeds for victim services and does not, by itself, create new program structure or change statutory obligations. The record shows the board adopted the resolution in an open session in compliance with ORC 121.22. The county did not provide additional implementation timelines or a department-level spending plan in the meeting record.