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Council approves opioid‑settlement grants for Matthew Walker and We Are 1 Recovery; public‑health staff to provide allocation infographic
Summary
The council approved roughly $638,789 to Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center and $106,000 to We Are 1 Recovery from opioid settlement funds; Public Health said an infographic summarizing the 10 recipients and how funds map to prevention, treatment and linkage is being finalized.
The council approved RS2026‑2119, appropriating $638,789 from opioid settlement funds to Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center for a culturally tailored campaign to reach individuals and expand medications for opioid use disorder, and RS2026‑2120, appropriating $106,000 to We Are 1 Recovery to expand prevention, peer navigation, and linkage to care.
Council members asked for a consolidated summary of opioid‑settlement allocations and how they align with prevention, treatment and education priorities. Cabara Leach of the Public Health Department said staff have prepared an infographic listing 10 organizations receiving OAC funds and that the two items before the council take a multi‑pronged approach across education, prevention and linkage to care. She said, "They're getting about a little over $3.19 for this fiscal year and then $3.19 for the next fiscal year," describing the structure of multi‑year awards in related resolutions.
Council member Allen asked that the overall allocations be presented in a way that maps organizations to continuum‑of‑care categories; Public Health agreed to provide the material. Both resolutions were approved without further amendment.
