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County prevention coalition outlines school programs, naloxone distribution and seeks coordination on opioid settlement funds
Summary
Leaders of Families and Communities Together and the Marion County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition told Hillsboro council members about prevention programs in schools, naloxone distribution to five districts and their effort to map opioid settlement funding for better local coordination.
Terry Bibermeyer, director of Families and Communities Together, and coalition members described countywide prevention work and outreach to Hillsboro City Council. They outlined programs the coalition runs or hosts, including the Marion County Family Financial Assistance Network, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library hosting, an early‑childhood task force and the Marion County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (SAPS), which focuses on underage substance‑use prevention across five school districts.
Adrienne Piercy, an event coordinator with the coalition, said the group is tracking opioid settlement funds and working to ensure local efforts complement, not duplicate, other jurisdictions' spending. "When we went to DC and then Topeka recently, we had legislators that shoulder tapped us asking us why we weren't using particular funds...and they said, 'opioid settlement funds,'" Piercy said. Terry Bibermeyer noted the coalition has supplied naloxone to each of the five Marion County school districts and schools including Tabor College: "We've supplied naloxone, better known as Narcan, ... to each of our 5 Marion County school districts for middle and high school classrooms," he said. Presenters offered to share local KCTC student survey data and invited council members to join the coalition's monthly meetings.
