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Yamhill County staff recommend opioid‑settlement funds for transitional recovery housing and a bed guarantee with Clackamas County
Summary
HHS director Lindsey Manfren proposed using opioid settlement dollars to add a men’s transitional home (4–8 beds) and to buy a one‑time IGA with Clackamas County guaranteeing one detox and one residential bed; staff said operating costs are largely reimbursable by Medicaid but capital costs would rely on settlement funds.
Health and Human Services Director Lindsey Manfren presented updated recommendations to the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners on June 11 for how to use opioid settlement dollars, urging the board to give staff consensus to proceed.
Manfren said the county’s Treatment and Recovery Services (TTRS) homes — currently reserved for parents with children — could be expanded by adding one house dedicated to men without children to provide level‑2.5 intensive outpatient supports in a home setting. ‘‘We have at any given moment, or any month, 82 individuals who would be eligible for this level of care,’’ Manfren said, proposing homes that would house about 4–8 people each and an average stay of roughly nine months.
Manfren presented an annual operating‑cost estimate of about $239,200, largely staffing, and said modeled Medicaid revenue at a 61% occupancy rate could cover operating expenses. She told commissioners that settlement dollars would likely be needed to cover capital costs — either purchase or renovation of an existing county property — and put a notional bookmark of $850,000 on the slide while noting a candidate house found online at about $575,000 that would require minimal renovations.
As a second option, Manfren described an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) proposal from Clackamas County: a one‑time $250,000 buy‑in to guarantee Yamhill County access to one detox bed and one residential treatment bed reserved for Yamhill residents. ‘‘Having the ability to always have access to at least one residential bed and at least one detox bed would be of significant value,’’ she said, while noting she had not yet seen draft IGA language.
County staff later told the board that the opioid settlement fund currently holds just over $2.1 million and that another roughly $500,000 is expected in the coming year; staff estimated a combined capital ask of about $1.1 million for the two recommendations would use about half the fund and begin spending in compliance with settlement timelines.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about bed turnover, duration in detox (generally days to a week), whether the county would hold empty reserved beds, and whether renovating existing county houses would be preferable to buying new property. Manfren said her priority was expanding the TTRS model in McMinnville and renovating or acquiring an existing county property when feasible.
Commissioners signaled broad support for the direction and indicated staff should proceed to develop contracts and return with formal agreements and purchase proposals for board approval. Manfren said any IGA or purchase/renovation contract would come back to the board for formal action.
