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Local recovery provider urges clearer process for using opioid settlement funds
Summary
At the June 1 meeting, Nicole Green of Midway urged the Board of Commissioners to adopt a transparent application process so local organizations can access opioid settlement funds to expand outpatient and residential recovery services.
Nicole Green, who identified herself as affiliated with Midway recovery services, told the Spalding County Board of Commissioners on June 1 that overdoses continue in the county and that local providers need clearer access to opioid settlement funds to expand recovery services.
“People are still dying. They’re overdosing,” Green said. She described services Midway plans to offer in a new space — outpatient treatment, family support groups, parenting support tied to reunification, and a proposed women’s residential program — and asked the board for a transparent public process for awarding settlement dollars. She said local groups are already doing recovery work and that funds should reach those organizations.
County staff responded that the grants manager has drafted a policy and an application for local allocations of settlement funds and plans to present it to the board for feedback.
The board did not take immediate action on the request during the meeting. Green invited commissioners to tour Midway’s new facility so they can see local capacity firsthand.
