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Accountability courts to seek $49,764 from state opioid abatement fund for transport and conference travel
Summary
Accountability courts staff asked permission to apply for $49,764.50 from the State Opioid Abatement Trust Fund to pay for transportation for program participants ($21,500 over two years) and travel for coordinators to a national conference ($6,764.50); staff said there is no county match.
Hill Daniel, speaking for the county's accountability courts, requested permission to apply for $49,764.50 from the State Opioid Abatement Trust Fund. He said the funds would be split into two categories: $21,500 over two years to cover transportation contracts with two providers (True Transit and Catchacab) and $6,764.50 for travel for two accountability court coordinators to attend the All Rise national conference. "So the total ask will be for $49,764.50, and that would be a grant that would start, if awarded, on 01/01/2027 and then end on 12/31/2028, with no county match requirement as a part of it," Daniel told the board.
Commissioners and staff discussed the broader timeline for state opioid settlement funds; staff said more funding may trickle down over multiple years and that the state received a much larger sum than local allocations. The board indicated it would place the request on the evening agenda for formal consideration.
Provenance: topic introduced when Hill Daniel said he was "coming before you today to request permission to apply for the State Opioid Abatement Trust Fund" and concluded when the chair said the matter would be taken up in the evening.
