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Commission approves $500,000 behavioral-health grant program including opioid-settlement funds
Summary
County staff proposed a 2026 behavioral-health grant program totaling $500,000 — $450,000 from the 1% sales tax extension and $50,000 from the opioid settlement — with a $100,000 per-applicant cap; the commission approved the program and its review committee.
Williams County commissioners approved a 2026 behavioral-health grant program that will put $500,000 toward local behavioral-health services and workforce support.
Staff said $450,000 of the amount will come from the county's 1% sales-tax extension revenue allocated for health, and $50,000 will come from the county's share of the national opioid-settlement funds. "The important thing to note on the opioid dollars is it does have to be specific to opioid remediation," staff said, adding that those expenditures must meet the settlement's approved uses. Individual applicants will be limited to requests of no more than $100,000.
The board approved the program and the recommended review-committee membership — which staff said would include Commissioner Kemp, Sheriff Quandy, Shar Ferrell (director, Northwest Behavioral Health Clinic), and Javaine Oylo (UMDHU executive director) — and directed staff to proceed with program details and the review process.
