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Dubois County commits $100,000 to match FSSA opioid-prevention grant
Summary
The Dubois County Commissioners unanimously agreed to commit $100,000 from local opioid settlement funds as a match for an FSSA grant through Dubois County CARES to support school and juvenile-focused prevention strategies, with the board submitting a letter of support.
The Dubois County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 15 to commit $100,000 in local opioid settlement funds as the required match for a Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) grant to be administered through Dubois County CARES.
Commissioner Chad A. Blessinger introduced the proposal, describing it as a partnership effort to focus on substance-use prevention and early intervention for youth. Chief Probation Officer Jenny Lampert said the initiative would concentrate on Tier 1 and Tier 2 prevention strategies and involve local schools, the prosecutor’s office and the probation department to try to change the trajectory of juveniles in trouble.
The board approved a letter of support and a motion to formally commit the county match; the motion was seconded and carried unanimously. The grant application requires the $100,000 local match as a condition of participation.
The action authorizes use of opioid settlement dollars already in county control; the record includes no named mover or seconder in the minutes. The board did not specify a timetable for disbursement or describe specific program vendors or curricula in the meeting record.
Next steps: the county will provide the letter of support and the committed match as part of the FSSA grant application through Dubois County CARES. The commissioners did not take additional actions at the meeting to allocate the funds beyond the formal commitment vote.
