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Livingston Parish Council awards $100,000 in opioid funds to SADD, authorizes contract with Stillwater Refuge of Hope
Summary
The council unanimously approved a $100,000 award to Students Against Destructive Decisions for prevention programs and authorized a contract using opioid‑litigation funds for Stillwater Refuge of Hope to provide transitional recovery housing at an estimated rate of $50 per person per night.
The Livingston Parish Council on March 12 unanimously approved two measures to direct opioid‑related funds toward local prevention and recovery programs.
First, the council adopted a resolution awarding $100,000 to Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) to support elementary field‑trip days, a summer camp, equipment for a new Amplify Center and six prescription drug take‑back days coordinated with the sheriff’s office. "And so the total request for this funding is a hundred thousand," said Dylan Ivy, executive director of Livingston Parish SADD. Ivy told the council SADD serves kindergarten through 12th grade and…
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