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Tucson updates opioid settlement spending and Safer Center operations; ROSAC to consider additional allocations
Summary
City and county coordinating committees reported $31 million in regional opioid settlement receipts and $5.88 million already allocated to grantees. ROSAC allocated $300,000 to reissue a mobile services RFP; remaining funds may support Safer Center operations or conversion of Desert Cove shelter to a post‑incarceration recovery center. A University of Arizona evaluation report is expected in April.
City staff and regional partners updated council on opioid settlement funds and related program activity.
Lee Hopkins, who represents the city on ROSAC (the regional opioid settlement advisory committee), said pooled jurisdictions have received about $31 million to date; ROSAC disbursed roughly $5.88 million to grantees and set aside $300,000 to reissue a request for proposals for mobile services. That left approximately $1.9 million of the current tranche…
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