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Dawson County seeks $168,900 in opioid settlement funds to expand local treatment services
Summary
Judicial Accountability Division Director Brad Williams asked the county to ratify a $168,900 application to the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust for treatment-court services and outlined a separate CJCC award that will support Dawson County’s treatment court program; the CJCC award amount is unclear in the transcript.
Judicial Accountability Division Director Brad Williams asked the Dawson County Board of Commissioners to ratify an application for $168,900 from the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust to expand local treatment services for people with opioid use disorder.
Williams told commissioners the two-year grant would support Dawson County programs and requires no local match. He said the request includes $109,200 for contract personnel to expand drug screening, $20,100 for training of existing treatment staff, $15,600 for contract counseling services, and $24,000 for education and vocational training for accountability court participants. “So, what we're asking for in that $168,000 is … $109,200 in contract personnel for part-time drug screeners to expand our drug screening program,” Williams said.
A commissioner asked whether the award would be used only in Dawson County or for a larger district; Williams explicitly answered, “No, this is just Dawson County.”
Williams also summarized a state Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) award for Dawson County Treatment Court. The transcript shows the CJCC award amount in a corrupted form (“335,39”); the board record did not provide a clearly legible figure. Williams said the CJCC funds will support three full-time grant counselor positions, attendance at state conferences, surveillance officers for home visits and drug-screen collection, and drug-testing services and supplies. He said the CJCC match requirement would be met with existing general-fund staff salary and that no new county funding is being requested for the match.
Why it matters: The two funding requests together would sustain and expand local treatment and accountability-court operations tied to Dawson County’s efforts to address opioid use disorder. The opioid-settlement grant would pay for additional screening and training that county staff say will help keep participants engaged in treatment.
What’s next: Commissioners heard the presentations and asked clarifying questions; no formal vote on the opioid application or acceptance of the CJCC award was recorded in the work session transcript provided.
Sources: Presentation and Q&A with Judicial Accountability Division Director Brad Williams at the Dawson County Board of Commissioners work session on June 18, 2026.
