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Butler County reports 2025 overdose deaths and seeks nearly $900,000 in mid‑year state funding
Summary
County staff reported 26 confirmed overdose deaths in 2025 (three pending) and four confirmed deaths in 2026 (nine pending). The county submitted a DDAP mid-year funding request for $895,315 to support treatment, case management, recovery services and problem-gambling prevention.
The Director noted the county’s overdose counts and outlined a mid-year funding request to the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP). For 2025 the county has 26 confirmed overdose deaths with three cases pending; for 2026 there were four confirmed overdose deaths and nine cases pending. The Director said these figures are preliminary and compared them with last year’s count at the same point: two confirmed deaths and 10 pending.
The Director also told the board the county submitted a mid-year request for additional DDAP funding at the end of February. "We did submit a request for additional funding at the end of February. We requested $860,000.00 in additional funding for treatment, case management services, recovery support services, and housing & housing related case management services. We also requested $35,315.00 in additional compulsive problem gambling prevention funding. The total amount requested is $895,315.00," the Director reported. The Director said the county's five-year grant agreement from DDAP remained in multi-stage legal review and was currently with the Office of Attorney General, which could delay final execution by another month based on standard review timelines cited by DDAP.
Board members did not take separate action on the overdose figures during the March 17 meeting; the information was presented as part of routine reporting from county staff.
