ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - Commissioners are working to make sure Allen County gets its share of the opioid settlement funds.
Legislation was passed Thursday to commit the county's opioid settlement funds to get additional dollars from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation grant dollars. The state has more than a million dollars in the OneOhio program allocated for a fourteen-county region in northwest Ohio that includes Allen County. The application process is competitive, and the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board has been working with multiple agencies to create programs for the possible grant.
"Fund some areas that can be enhanced, fund some areas that we haven't been able to traditionally put funding behind, all in an effort to really try and reduce the opioid overdoses. Help people who are in treatment and also in recovery, and equally important, helping those who are out on the front lines dealing with individuals who are suffering from those substance use issues," explained Tammie Colon, executive director of the Mental Health Recovery Service Board.
Commissioners committed nearly $200,000 as a match for applying for $660,000 in grant dollars from the OneOhio Recovery Foundation 2024 grant program.
