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Clay County health director outlines $192,000 first-year opioid settlement spending, highlights Narcan distribution and prevention grants
Summary
Clay County's opioid settlement oversight committee reported roughly $192,000 spent in the first six months of distribution, with $111,000 directed to treatment and about $81,000 to prevention, including Narcan vending machines, mini-grants and school-based programs.
Daryl Mikey, director of public health for Clay County and chair of the county's opioid settlement oversight committee, presented the panel's first annual report to the commission, saying roughly $192,000 was distributed in mid-to-late 2025 and yielded a mix of treatment and prevention activity.
"We wanted to have a sustainable plan," Mikey said, noting the county allocated about $111,000 for treatment services and a little over $81,000 for prevention. He said the funding supported peer-support staff, emergency housing and transportation assistance, juvenile drug testing and increased access to…
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