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Dallas County approves opioid settlement funding, awards WesleyLife $58,116
Summary
The Dallas County Board of Supervisors voted May 12 to accept the Opioid Settlement Oversight Committee—s recommendations and fund three projects from anticipated opioid settlement proceeds; WesleyLife will receive $58,116.43. The committee will deliver quarterly expenditure reports to the board.
The Dallas County Board of Supervisors on May 12 approved Resolution 2026-0057 to allocate opioid settlement funds recommended by the county—s Opioid Settlement Oversight Committee. The county expects to receive approximately $750,000 over multiple years from nationwide opioid settlements, and the oversight committee recommended funding three applications that met the settlement—s expenditure requirements.
Supervisor Kim Chapman moved to approve the funding recommendation; Supervisor Brad Golightly seconded the motion, and the board voted unanimously. The resolution lists a $58,116.43 award to WesleyLife for home- and community-based services. The oversight committee will provide quarterly reports to the board describing how settlement funds are spent.
The vote implements local distribution of settlement proceeds under the terms of multi-jurisdictional opioid agreements; the resolution does not specify the other two funded applicants by name in the board minutes. The board recorded the action as a formal approval; no amendments or conditions were recorded at the meeting.
The county auditor, Todd Halbur, is listed as attest on the resolution. The next procedural step for award recipients will be quarterly reporting to the Opioid Settlement Oversight Committee and the board as described in the resolution language.
Funding from statewide and national opioid settlements is typically distributed to counties over several years according to settlement formulas and local allocation decisions; the board did not change the county—s settlement allocation policy at the meeting.
No public opposition or detailed implementation steps were reported during the meeting minutes for this agenda item; the board—s action authorizes disbursing the recommended amounts once the recipients meet any administrative requirements recorded by the oversight committee.
