Opioid settlement fund use
The Board has approved updated spending plans for opioid settlement funds expected to total about $19 million through 2038. Priorities include expanding recovery coaching, jail-based treatment (addressing post-release overdose risk), naloxone and harm-reduction access, prevention, education, and treatment services, building on earlier plans as part of broader public-health and safety efforts.
How should Kent County prioritize spending its opioid settlement funds?
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Sources
Kent County Board — https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/KENTCOMI/bulletins/428105e
Board approved updated spending plans for settlement funds (~$19M expected through 2038). Priorities: Expand recovery coaching, jail-based treatment, naloxone/harm reduction
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Maximize harm reduction, decriminalization supports, and housing-first approaches over enforcement
- Emphasize broad free naloxone, recovery coaching, and treatment access including jail programs
- Balance treatment, prevention education, and targeted jail-based services with accountability
- Focus funds mainly on law-enforcement partnerships, prosecution, and abstinence-based treatment
- Limit spending to enforcement and interdiction while rejecting harm-reduction supplies