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Monroe County approves opioid-settlement grants and other public‑health funding
Summary
The commissioners approved allocations from the opioid settlement fund — a Path to Peace agreement for $85,000, $5,000 to CMP drug-and-alcohol services, and $21,000 for additional marketing — and authorized multiple grant submissions and acceptances including CSBG installments and a JRI application.
Monroe County commissioners on May 8 approved a set of grants and memorandums of understanding funded by opioid-settlement proceeds and other grants, and authorized staff to submit additional grant applications.
The board approved a memorandum of understanding and agreement with Path to Peace for $85,000 to support treatment services, and a memorandum with CMP for $5,000 for drug-and-alcohol services. The board also approved a $21,000 allocation for additional marketing and community awareness contracting to Voodoo Creative (listed in the transcript as a creative/marketing budget) to promote resources and services funded through the settlement.
"Approve and ratify the following opioid grant from the opioid settlement fund consistent with the uses allowed under the settlement agreement," the chair stated while reading the items to the board.
Separately, the board authorized Ashley Carrick, grants manager, to electronically submit the Justice Reinvestment Initiative grant application (JRI‑2) for $302,905 to support probation and treatment court operations, and authorized an Archives Collection Stewardship Grant application for $349,994 to digitize approximately three‑quarters of the county archives to ‘‘preserve and increase public access to historic records,’’ as read into the record.
The board also ratified acceptance of CSBG 2026 funding installments for Monroe and Pike Counties: a first installment of $171,594 and a second installment of $208,728.
All of the items were presented as part of the fiscal and grants agenda and were approved by voice vote with motions to move and second. The board also authorized Jennifer Barclay, fiscal director, to sign the 2025 Emergency Management Performance Grant agreement for $66,656 on the commissioners' behalf and approved a first amendment to extend a municipal assistance grant for an additional year.
The items were presented as budgeted and programmed expenditures; the board did not record roll‑call vote tallies in the transcript, and approvals were carried by voice vote.
