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Board reviews opioid‑settlement funding and harm‑reduction kiosk expansion
Summary
Director Maponya said the Department is reviewing opioid‑settlement funds to support remediation, prevention and harm reduction; she reported meetings with a kiosk provider and said the kiosk program could expand to other wards pending funding in the next grant cycle.
Director Valencia Maponya told the Board the Department is reviewing opioid‑settlement funding to strengthen remediation, harm‑reduction and prevention efforts and cited the Mayor’s 5K Run/Walk as part of broader awareness efforts.
Maponya said she had met with the kiosk provider and that, pending the next grant cycle funding decisions, "it will be expanded to the remaining wards." The Board discussed the operational and funding steps necessary to support kiosk expansion and related prevention work.
