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Commissioners approve opioid‑settlement grant request from Jim Thorpe Area School District
Summary
The board approved a request to allocate opioid‑settlement funds to Jim Thorpe Area School District; commissioners noted prior distributions to schools and discussed oversight. Specific award amounts for this request were not fully read on the record.
The Carbon County Board of Commissioners approved a request from the Jim Thorpe Area School District to receive opioid‑settlement funds at the Aug. 6 meeting (agenda item 26554). The clerk read the item and the board approved the motion by roll call.
During discussion, a commissioner and the chair referenced prior opioid funding given to local districts and summer programs, noting that amounts have ranged in the thousands of dollars. "I think we granted I know there was a 10,000 upfront," the chair said when describing prior awards (Chair, Speaker 1). The transcript indicates the county has provided prior grants in the neighborhood of $10,000 to $20,000 per district for programs funded from opioid settlement proceeds.
The motion to approve the Jim Thorpe request passed by roll call. The transcript does not include a complete breakdown of the award amount for this particular request; county staff would need to be consulted for the written award and program requirements (the chair stated such programs must meet Exhibit E requirements for opioid settlement funding).
