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In this issue, we highlight a historic $7.4 billion national settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, which permanently ends their ability to sell opioids in the U.S. and directs billions to prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts. We also share how states and localities are deploying these and other settlement funds—from youth programs in Alabama to jail-based education in Ohio and expanded treatment for pregnant women in Tennessee. You’ll also find open grant opportunities and a roundup of public meetings where decisions are being made.

Thank you for reading and for all that you do to support your community.

Warmly,
The AOR Team

Alabama

In Clarke County, Sheriff DeWayne Smith secured approval to use opioid settlement funds for youth-focused summer programming. The initiative—developed with Knockout Addiction, 4-H, and Juvenile Probation—will include martial arts, leadership classes, swim instruction, and school resource officer engagement to steer youth away from substance use. Meanwhile, the City of Foley is considering spending $79,449 in opioid funds to purchase chest compression devices and TruNarc analyzers for first responders.

On a broader scale, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the state will receive up to $75 million from the national Purdue Pharma settlement, bringing the state’s total secured opioid funds to nearly $730 million. The majority of funds are expected to be distributed within the first three years and will support prevention, treatment, and recovery services statewide.

🔗 Clarke County Youth Programs
🔗 Foley Council Agenda
🔗 AG Marshall Announces $75M Settlement

Georgia

Emory Healthcare and Grady Health System are receiving over $5.7 million in opioid settlement funds through the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust. Emory will use the funding to expand adolescent outpatient treatment, launch peer recovery coaching, and distribute naloxone at Emory University Hospital Midtown. Grady’s existing peer coaching program will be expanded and supported with additional funding for pain management and overdose reversal tools.

In Crisp County, officials have allocated $50,000 from their opioid settlement fund as part of a balanced $40.9 million FY26 budget. The Addiction Alliance of Georgia, a collaboration between Emory and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, will also receive support for workforce training and family support services.

DeKalb County allocated nearly $2.4 million in settlement funds to Claretel Behavioral Health, the DeKalb Sheriff’s Office, and Public Health Department initiatives. Additionally, statewide grants remain open through June 18, with $638 million set for disbursement over 18 years.

🔗 Crisp County FY26 Budget
🔗 Emory & Grady Funding
🔗 Addiction Alliance of Georgia
🔗 DeKalb County Distribution
🔗 State Grant Application Info

Kentucky

Laurel County Fiscal Court allocated $1.08 million in opioid settlement funds as part of a $46.3 million FY2025–26 budget. Meanwhile, the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission (KYOAAC) announced a $5 million research and innovation grant opportunity, targeting novel interventions for OUD and co-occurring disorders. Applications open July 1 and close December 20.

Attorney General Russell Coleman reported a new $73.1 million Purdue Pharma settlement, pushing Kentucky’s total opioid-related recoveries above $1 billion. Half of these funds are managed by KYOAAC; the rest go directly to local governments.

In Murray, the city council approved a $100,000/year agreement with Volunteers of America Mid-States to operate a new Recovery Community Center. Funded through state opioid grants, the center will offer supportive services in a safe, sober environment.

🔗 Laurel County Budget
🔗 KYOAAC Research Grant
🔗 $73.1M Purdue Settlement
🔗 Murray Recovery Center

Maryland

A Baltimore judge significantly reduced the city’s $266 million jury award against McKesson and AmerisourceBergen, offering a retrial or a revised $52 million payment. The ruling challenges Baltimore’s legal strategy to individually pursue opioid distributors instead of joining national settlements. The judge argued the companies were over-assigned blame and that other factors, including “medicine cabinet diversion” and illicit drug markets, were overlooked.

Despite this setback, Baltimore has already secured over $400 million from separate settlements and is actively deploying funds through its Opioid Restitution Fund. The city’s proposed FY2026 budget allocates $36 million for abatement initiatives. Charm City Care Connection, the first local CBO to receive opioid funds, is using the money to expand harm reduction outreach, workforce development, and support services across East and West Baltimore.

🔗 Court Ruling
🔗 Settlement Fund Usage

Mississippi

In the Hattiesburg area, parents who’ve lost children to addiction are expressing frustration that local and state leaders are managing opioid settlement funds—totaling $370 million statewide—without community input. Public records show Forrest, Lamar, and Hattiesburg governments received around $750,000 by May 2025. Some funds supported drug court and law enforcement equipment, but large portions remain unspent. Advocates argue more funding should go toward treatment, mental health care, and trauma-informed services.

While state officials defend their flexible funding approach, survivors and families call for transparency and engagement. In response to advocacy, Hattiesburg’s mayor recently formed a community advisory committee to guide future spending. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s agreements permit localities to use up to 30% of their funds for non-opioid-related expenses—unlike stricter guidelines in other states.

🔗 Hattiesburg families excluded from planning

New York

New York stands to receive up to $250 million from the Purdue Pharma/Sackler opioid settlement, but a legislative loophole threatens to route those funds into the general state budget. A bill to ensure all settlement funds go to opioid abatement passed the Senate and is awaiting a vote in the Assembly. Attorney General Letitia James has now secured over $3 billion total for New York through opioid settlements.

At the local level, Staten Island will deploy vending machines with free naloxone, test strips, and harm reduction supplies using city-directed opioid funds. Jewish Family Services in Niagara County was awarded $400K to support opioid-impacted individuals with employment and family services. Oswego County’s new Recovery Community Center offers harm reduction education, naloxone, peer support, and referrals, funded by an opioid abatement grant.

🔗 Lawmakers push to fix opioid fund loophole
🔗 Staten Island harm reduction vending machines
🔗 Jewish Family Services gets $400K
🔗 Oswego County Recovery Community Center

North Carolina

Ohio

Counties across Ohio are investing opioid settlement dollars in both prevention and reintegration. In Sandusky County, the IGNITE program is expanding GED access, mental health and substance use education, and life skills training. Backed by a $172,291 opioid remediation grant, it now includes medication-assisted therapy. Similar programs have launched in Fayette and Washington counties to disrupt generational recidivism.

Meanwhile, Dayton and Bellevue will jointly use opioid funds to hire a shared police social worker, reflecting a trend toward upstream intervention and community-based responses.

🔗 Dayton and Bellevue fund joint police social worker
🔗 Sandusky County IGNITE program

Pennsylvania

Luzerne County has earmarked $1.5 million in opioid settlement funds to support medication-assisted treatment for incarcerated individuals through 2026. County officials confirmed this use as eligible under settlement guidelines, avoiding a draw from the general fund. An additional $92,515 in unspent 2023 MAT funds has been de-obligated.

Elsewhere, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office used settlement funds to purchase 22 AEDs and first aid kits to equip patrol cars, the county jail, and other key facilities as part of Alabama’s statewide opioid grant initiative.

🔗 Luzerne County MAT funding
🔗 Butler County first responder upgrades

South Carolina

Berkeley County has launched a public health initiative to install “Naloxboxes” throughout the community, providing free naloxone nasal spray to help reverse opioid overdoses. The effort is led by the Berkeley County Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) team, a multi-agency coalition focused on identifying service gaps and improving response strategies to reduce overdose deaths and promote equitable access to care.

🔗 Berkeley County Naloxbox initiative

Berkeley County is accepting applications from nonprofits for up to $100,000 in opioid settlement funds. The county has received nearly $4 million to date and plans to distribute this round from a $707,968.64 installment. Funds must be used for approved remediation strategies such as naloxone access, MAT, recovery services, prevention, and syringe service programs. Due by 4 p.m. on Friday, June 20

🔗 Daniel Island News article

Tennessee

Tennessee has received more than $1.3 billion in opioid settlement funds, with $90 million from the Purdue Pharma/Sackler family settlement alone. Recent awards are fueling programs like Firefly at Vanderbilt and The Next Door Recovery in Nashville, which focus on treatment for pregnant and postpartum women. Firefly expanded rural access and staffing using a $5 million, 3-year grant, while The Next Door Recovery extended its hours with a $1.1 million grant, increasing intakes by over 300. Both programs emphasize immediate access and comprehensive care. Funds are also being used across counties to expand treatment, prevention, and recovery efforts.

ReVIDA Recovery Center opened a new facility in Fayetteville, offering treatment supported by Tennessee’s opioid abatement funding.

🔗 Firefly and The Next Door Recovery program expansion
🔗 Purdue Pharma $7.4B settlement with Tennessee share
🔗 Local reporting on $90M Tennessee opioid settlement
🔗 ReVIDA Recovery Center opens in Fayetteville

Virginia

Virginia continues to invest opioid settlement funds in diverse, community-centered responses. Waynesboro will open River Ridge Learning Center, the state’s second recovery high school, with a $640K grant. In Southwest Virginia, $300K+ mobile health units—funded through the Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA)—will serve Bland, Carroll, Galax, Grayson, Smyth, and Wythe counties with primary, behavioral, and preventive care. James City County is hiring an OARS Program Coordinator to manage OAA-funded family support services. In the Shenandoah Valley, OAA awarded funds for harm reduction, drug court support, and crisis response teams across Harrisonburg, Augusta, and Rockingham Counties.

🔗 Waynesboro Recovery High School opens August 2025
🔗 Mobile health units launch in Southwest Virginia
🔗 James City County hiring OARS Coordinator
🔗 Shenandoah Valley opioid program grants announced
🔗 OAA webinar: Liability questions around naloxone

West Virginia

West Virginia has signed on to a $7.4 billion national opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. Attorney General JB McCuskey announced that the state will receive $53 million over nine years—accelerated due to the disproportionate impact of the opioid crisis in West Virginia. Most funds will be delivered in the first three years. The agreement ends the Sacklers’ control of Purdue and bans them from selling opioids in the U.S. Final distribution depends on upcoming bankruptcy court proceedings.

🔗 WV joins $7.4B Purdue Pharma settlement

Cobb County, GA (RFP) to Address Opioid Crisis— application info. (DUE 7/11)

New York – OASAS continues to fund workforce development efforts, including scholarship programs for CASAC training.

• Additional RFPs and funding streams may be available through county-specific portals or state MOA advisory boards.

City of Moundsville, WV invites organizations to apply for opioid settlement funds— application info.

City of Fairmont, WV invites organizations to apply for opioid settlement funds. A 20% match will be required for all projects.— application info.

Burke County, NC: Open competitive RFP for FY25–26, Due 7/11/2025 2:00 PM. Apply here.

For more grant opportunities, check out: OpioidSettlementTracker.com. To share unlisted grant opportunities, email tips@OpioidSettlementTracker.com. For other tips, contact aor@communityeducationgroup.org.

Webinar

Data-Driven Uses for State Opioid Settlement Funds

A virtual panel discussion exploring how states can strategically invest opioid settlement funds using data-driven approaches. Topics include:

• Identifying high-impact investments
• Navigating funding allocation challenges
• Ensuring sustainable change through data-informed strategies

Date: June 25, 2025

Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET

Location: Online

🔗 Register here

Alabama

Oversight Commission on Settlement Funds

• In-person in Montgomery, AL
• Can watch live on their website (choose ‘Room 200’ for location then ‘Oversight Commission on Alabama Opioid Settlement Funds’ for meeting)

You can also watch livestreams and recordings on The Alabama Channel (thanks to the League of Women Voters of Alabama Education Fund)

Georgia

Georgia Opioid Settlement Advisory Commission 

Kentucky

Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission (info here)

• Can watch live and recordings on their YouTube channel

Maryland

Maryland Overdose Response Advisory Council

• 100 State Cir, Annapolis, MD 21401
• Governor’s Reception Room
• Live stream link here.

New York

Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board (info here)

• In-person located in Albany, and attendees can give public comment
• Can watch live and recordings on their website

Monthly ‘Community’ meeting: 4th Wednesday of the month at 12pm

• See this page under ‘Community Input’
• Next meeting TBD
• Webex link here.

North Carolina

Cumberland-Fayetteville Opioid Response Team Meeting

• Third Tuesday of each month, 10:00-11:30am EST
• In-person at: Cumberland County Department of Public Health

Ohio

OneOhio Recovery Foundation Board (info here)

• Full Board Meeting:
• Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99453254681
• Can watch live and recordings on their website

Regional Information Sessions (see events calendar for most up-to-date info)

• TBD

Pennsylvania

Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust (meeting info here)

• In-person, located in Harrisburg
• All are virtual and can be watched live via Zoom and recordings on YouTube 

South Carolina

Opioid Recovery Fund

• Coffee Chat: This is held on the first Friday of the month and is an opportunity to ask questions and hear announcements about opioid settlement funds
• The SCORF Board will open to public comment during Coffee Chat on August 1 and November 7. Advanced registration is required to comment. (info here).

Tennessee

Opioid Abatement Council

• Quarterly Meeting: June 24, 2025, 12:00pm CST (info here)
• Next in-person located in Overton County, TN. Meetings are also available to watch via Teams – All attendees can give public comment
• Recordings and meeting minutes are available on their website

Virginia

Opioid Abatement Authority (meeting info here)

• 24. S. Market St.
• More info here.

West Virginia

West Virginia First Foundation, Inc. (meeting info here)

• Board of Directors meeting: June 30, 2025, 10:00am EST
• Questions can be submitted to media@wvfirst.org
• Google Meet link here.

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